Jimmy Cornell
An accomplished sailor and successful author, Jimmy Cornell has sailed 200,000 miles in all oceans of the world including three circumnavigations as well as voyages to Antarctica, Alaska and Spitsbergen. Thousands of sailors have fulfilled their dream of blue water cruising with the help of Jimmy Cornell’s books, among them the bestseller World Cruising Routes. With 150,000 copies sold to date, this is one of the best-selling nautical publications in the world. In 2011, together with his son Ivan, Jimmy created Cornell’s Ocean Atlas, the first set of pilot charts to be based on up-to-date satellite data of world winds and currents. This was followed in 2012 by World Voyage Planner, which gives sailors all the information they need to plan a voyage anywhere in the world.
As the founder of the ARC transatlantic rally, Jimmy Cornell is credited with having devised the offshore cruising rally concept. In the last 27 years Jimmy Cornell has organized 20 transatlantic rallies, four round-the-world rallies and one round-the-world race, with over 3,000 boats and 15,000 sailors having participated in his sailing events. Jimmy Cornell’s latest project is the Blue Planet Odyssey, a round the world event aimed at raising awareness of the global effects of climate change. Participants in the Blue Planet Odyssey will sail either a southern warm-water route, or a northern high-latitude route that will transit the Northwest Passage. www.blueplanetodyssey.com