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Offshore navigation is an essential skill but it can be daunting. Jimmy Cornell explains how to do it, and how the parameters are changing

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Cruising legend Jimmy Cornell reflects on his many years of boat ownership and his quest to create the best liveaboard boat for bluewater adventures…

Yachting Monthly Sam Fortescue examines how renewable energy afloat is benefitting from technical developments in other sectors Oceanvolts electric drives feature a clean display that can tell you exactly how much electricity the system is consuming under power or generating under sail. Credit: Richard Langdon/Ocean Images As the rest of the world grapples with decarbonisation, the sailing community is benefitting from the various technical developments made in other sect...

Yachting Monthly 0shares Jimmy Cornell has abandoned his Elcano Challenge – a quest to retrace the world’s first circumnavigation in a fully electric boat – for now. Jimmy Cornell at the helm. CREDIT: GILLES FOUCRAS Jimmy Cornell has abandoned his Elcano Challenge – a quest to retrace the world’s first circumnavigation in a fully electric boat – for now. The yachtsman, author and World Cruising Club founder, now in his 80s, says vital lessons were learne...

Elcano Challenge Resurrected Jan 20, 2021 In late 2020, sailing legend Jimmy Cornell set off on his Elcano Challenge, a green-powered circumnavigation aboard the custom Outremer Aventura Zero . Unfortunately, shortly after setting out, the boat encountered major power-generation issues. "I took the decision to turn around at Tenerife and put my project on hold. One of the most important things I have learned in many years of sailing is to resist the temptation to jump to a conclusion before ...