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World Cruising Routes: Sixth Edition »

Authors: Jimmy Cornell
ISBN-13: 9780071592895, ISBN-10: 007159289X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: March 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jimmy Cornell

Jimmy Cornell has logged more than 200,000 sailing miles. He organized the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), founded the World Cruising Club, and initiated the Millennium Round-the-World Rally. He is a columnist for Cruising World.

Book Synopsis

World Cruising Routes is a comprehensive guide to nearly 1000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, from the tropical South Seas to the high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic. The book is geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors and contains essential information on winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather as well as valuable suggestions concerning optimum times for individual routes. Most of the materials was gathered during the author's two circumnavigations and supplemented by sailors taking part in Jimmy Cornell's offshore rallies.

All the necessary information for planning a voyage in any of the world's oceans has been brought together here in a single volume. This thoroughly revised new edition features new data collected by the author on his recent voyage from Antarctica to Alaska via Tahiti and Hawaii.

To simplify the planning of individual routes, some 6000 essential waypoints are listed, and specific routing suggestions given to maximize the chances of encountering favorable conditions en route. Because cruising boats now venture further afield, main ports of entry as well as essential landfall information are given with each route to assist the planning of passages from beginning to end.

The continuing success of World Cruising Routes is due not only to its unparalleled value as an excellent aid to route planning, but equally to its lasting appeal to those who are not yet ready to leave on an offshore voyage and who find, in its pages, a ready source of pleasant dreams of voyages to come.

A companion volume to World Cruising Routes is World Cruising Handbook, a comprehensive cruising guide to over 180 countries around the world.

The information in this book is continuously updated on www.noonsite.com, Jimmy Cornell's website for cruising sailors.

"A must for every circumnavigator, and fascinating armchair reading for the rest of us."—Yachting Monthly

"Ferdinand Magellan would have loved this book."—Boat/USA

"World Cruising Routes . . . might just be the most important book for long-distance voyagers to come along in decades."—Cruising World

"Guaranteed to induce itchy feet in anyone who has salt in their veins."—Cruising

"No one should think of setting off around the world without first consulting Jimmy Cornell's works."—Practical Boat Owner

" . . . remarkably detailed in its research . . . there is no doubting its value."—Yachting World

"The serious cruiser's bible . . . don't leave port without it."—Cruising

"The finest route planning guide currently available . . . an indispensable cruise planner's source book."—48 Degrees North

Essential information on all sailing routes of the world

6000 individual waypoints

Advice on route planning

Regional weather

Winds and currents

BookList

This is the kind of book librarians should know about, even if they do not purchase it for their libraries. Aimed primarily at the yachting and cruising community, it gives precise information on ports of entry, regulations, fees, visa or passport requirements, docking and repair facilities, and other items of interest to sailors. The coverage is the entire world, including the U.S Preliminary pages cover three topics: formalities, health precautions, and communications, this last dealing with ship-to-shore radio, the use of satellites for long-distance communication, and search-and-rescue operations. The remainder of the book is divided into 12 chapters, parceling out the world in maritime rather than political divisions, such as the North Pacific Islands, or the North Indian Ocean and Red Sea Interesting and sometimes important facts are provided for each of the nearly 200 countries or groups of islands. A paragraph summarizes the locale's present condition--rocky, fertile, forested, sparsely or thickly populated, and so on--as well as its history and present political situation, with occasional warnings, as in the case of Libya, that yachts are unwelcome. There is also a box of "Practical Information," which includes currency, business and banking hours, public holidays, local electric current, and addresses of U.S. and other diplomatic representatives in the principal city While some of this information about countries of the world may be found elsewhere, it is handy to have it all in one volume alongside information specifically for sailors. In communities on the eastern, southern, and western coasts where boating is common, this book ought to be in public libraries.

	Acknowledgements
	Foreword
	Explanatory note
	Introduction	1
1	Route planning	3
2	Principal world cruising routes	7
3	Winds and currents of the world	23
	Atlantic Ocean
4	Winds and currents of the North Atlantic	43
5	Routes in the North Atlantic	47
6	Transequatorial routes in the Atlantic	212
7	Winds and currents of the South Atlantic	231
8	Routes in the South Atlantic	233
	Pacific Ocean
9	Winds and currents of the North Pacific	258
10	Routes in the North Pacific	263
11	Transequatorial routes in the Pacific	336
12	Winds and currents of the South Pacific	364
13	Routes in the South Pacific	369
	Indian Ocean
14	Winds and currents of the North Indian Ocean	456
15	Routes in the North Indian Ocean	459
16	Transequatorial routes in the Indian Ocean	481
17	Winds and currents of the South Indian Ocean	498
18	Routes in the South Indian Ocean	501
	Red Sea
19	Winds and currents in the Red Sea	538
20	Routes in the Red Sea	540
	Mediterranean Sea
21	Winds and currents of the Mediterranean Sea	554
22	Routes in the Mediterranean Sea	557
23	Panama and Suez Canals	610
	Cruising guides	617
	List of routes	620

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Boating & Sailing

Boating - Yachting
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