World Cruising Routes |  | Author: Jimmy Cornell
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 773,435
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Pages: 640
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.7 x 1.7
ISBN: 007140869X
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
UPC: 639785802327
EAN: 9780071408691
ASIN: 007140869X
Publication Date: August 1, 2002
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Product Description
This newly updated, comprehensive cruising guide to all the world's oceans is a valuable reference for cruising sailors and armchair dreamers. More than 500 sailing routes are detailed, including 40 new routes to such high-latitude destinations as Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica. The book includes 150 pages of two-color maps, updated GPS coordinates for navigation, and route-by-route descriptions of weather and hazards.
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 THE 3RD EDITION OF THIS BOOK WAS MY DAILY COMPANION June 9, 1999
vfalcy@freesurf.ch (Lausanne, Switzerland)
146 out of 150 found this review helpful
I did a 4 year circumnavigation on my yacht (a 34 foot steel sloop)and jimmy Cornel "world cruising routes (3rd edition)" was my daily companion. It helped me a great lot to plan cruises and ocean passages. It allowed me to choose the right sailing areas at the right time. Furthemore, whoever is interested in climatology, weather, currents, oceanography will find a wealth of information in this book. The dreamer as well as the sailer will definitely have a good buy with this book.
World Cruising Routes February 16, 2001
Patricia Hildebrandt (Greensboro, NC United States)
67 out of 68 found this review helpful
An absolute necessity for any small yacht going to sea. It is logically compiled and written. Jimmy Cornell has written a book that is exactly what every sailor needs...guidance in getting from port a to port b efficiently, safely, and with the best possible winds and weather.
World Cruising Routes July 26, 2007
James M. Fones (Shanghai, China)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
When planning a circumnavigation one has three choices: 1) Do not plan and accept the extreme dangers of circumnavigation; 2) take a year or more and plan using all available nautical publications, charts, electronic navigation systems; and 3) read and use the outstanding information provided in "World Cruising Routes." This publication will save you time and more important provide excellent tips for short and long passages across the oceans of the world. Cornell has taken the time to consolidate information and plot the important way-points for us.
The most important advice given is the timing of transits. Cornell identifies the risks and the pleasures of circumnavition and avoiding weather disasters. Thanks to Mr. Cornell, sailors who venture forth on the oceans will be safer and more comfortable at sea.
An Encyclopedia for for World Sailors August 1, 2008
A. Lewis (Dominican Republic)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a must have for your navigation station....... I can only say that if you value safety, thereby providing a more likely outcome of fun and pleasure, then use this volume, plan with this volume, and live by this volume and you will give yourself the widest margin of safety possible.
great book for sailing routes around the world November 23, 2008
Chris Lawley (Covington, LA, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book because people recommended this book being the best for planning your routes around the world plus Hal Roth who has a book "How to sail around the world" recommends it as well. The book tells you about the many different routes around the world about when there is hurricane season in the different oceans how long does the cyclone season last how far it is from one coutry to the next. This is a great book that I will be sure to use for when I plan my trip around the world.
Chris
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