Synopses & Reviews
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 world6000 individual waypointsAdvice on route planningRegional weatherWinds and currents Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Jimmy Cornell is the acknowledged authority on world cruising, and author of World Cruising Routes. He has sailed more than 150,000 miles in the last 25 years in all the oceans of the world, including two circumnavigations and two voyages to Antartica. The founder of the annual ARC Transatlantic Rally, the Tri-annual Round the World Rally, and the Hong Kong Challenge, Cornell is a regular contributor to sailing magazines in the U.S. and Britain and a sought-after lecturer in the U.S. He is also a tireless promoter, as well known in the U.S. as in England.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ForewordExplanatory note
Introduction
1 Route planning
2 Principal world cruising routes
3 Winds and currents of the world
Atlantic Ocean
4 Winds and currents of the North Atlantic
5 Routes in the North Atlantic
AN10 Routes from North Europe
AN20 Routes from Portugal
AN30 Routes from Gibraltar
AN40 Routes from Madeira
AN50 Routes from the Canary Islands
AN60 Routes from the Cape Verde Islands and West Africa
AN70 Routes from the Lesser Antilles
AN80 Routes from the Virgin Islands
AN90 Caribbean routes from Panama
AN100 Routes in the Caribbean Sea
AN110 Routes from the Bahamas and Florida
AN120 Routes from Bermuda
AN130 Routes from the Azores
AN140 Atlantic routes from North America
AN150 Northern routes from the British Isles
AN160 Routes from Scandinavia
AN170 High latitude routes in the NW Atlantic
6 Transequatorial routes in the Atlantic
AT10 Southbound routes
AT20 Northbound routes
7 Winds and currents of the South Atlantic
8 Routes in the South Atlantic
AS10 Routes from South Africa
AS20 Routes from South America
AS30 Routes in the Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean
9 Winds and currents of the North Pacific
10 Routes in the North Pacific
PN10 Routes from the West Coast of North America
PN20 Pacific routes from Central America and Mexico
PN30 Routes from Hawaii
Routes in the Far East
PN40 Pacific routes from Singapore
PN50 Routes from the Philippines
PN60 Routes from Hong Kong
PN70 Routes from Japan
PN80 Routes in Western Micronesia
PN90 Routes from Eastern Micronesia
11 Transequatorial routes in the Pacific
PT10 Transequatorial routes in the Eastern Pacific
PT20 Transequatorial routes in the Central Pacific
PT30 Transequatorial routes in the Western Pacific
12 Winds and currents of the South Pacific
13 Routes in the South Pacific
PS10 Routes in the Eastern South Pacific
PS20 Routes in Eastern Polynesia
PS30 Routes in Central Polynesia
PS40 Routes in Western Polynesia
PS50 Routes in the Central Pacific
PS60 Routes from New Zealand
PS70 Routes from Southern Melanesia
PS80 Routes from Northern Melanesia
PS90 Routes from New South Wales
PS100 Routes from Queensland
Indian Ocean
14 Winds and currents of the North Indian Ocean
15 Routes in the North Indian Ocean
IN10 Routes from Southeast Asia
IN20 Routes from Sri Lanka and the Maldives
IN30 Routes in the Arabian Sea
16 Transequatorial routes in the Indian Ocean
IT10 Northbound routes
IT20 Southbound routes
17 Winds and currents of the South Indian Ocean
18 Routes in the South Indian Ocean
IS10 Routes from Australia
IS20 Routes from Indonesia
IS30 Routes in the Central Indian Ocean
IS40 Routes in the Western Indian Ocean
IS50 Routes from the Mascarene Islands
IS60 Routes from Africa
Red Sea
19 Winds and currents in the Red Sea
20 Routes in the Red Sea
RN Northbound routes
RS Southbound routes
Mediterranean Sea
21 Winds and currents of the Mediterranean Sea
22 Routes in the Mediterranean Sea
M10 Mediterranean routes from Gibraltar
M20 Routes from the Balearic Islands
M30 Routes from Mediterranean France
M40 Routes from Italy
M50 Routes from Malta
M60 Routes from Greece
M70 Routes from Port Said
M80 Routes from Cyprus
M90 Routes from Israel
23 Panama and Suez Canals
Cruising guides
List of routes