Jimmy Cornell's invitation to take to the seas
He is one of those personalities whose accomplishments can quickly make you feel inadequate. Jimmy Cornell has been an assistant to Orson Wells, a journalist for the BBC, a serial circumnavigator, the founder of the ARC rally, a rally organizer and lecturer and a prolific writer. His latest book, Sail The World With Me, is an original look back at a life dedicated to the sea - and therefore to the planet and its people.
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24/03/2022
Par
François Trégouët
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183
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Recent events make Jimmy Cornell’s extraordinary journey more meaningful than ever. He who fled Romania and the Ceausescu dictatorship could have made a life for himself in England and lived happily alongside Gwenda, his constant companion. But «You never really know what freedom is until you lose it,» he confides. He has fought so hard for it that he has sailed all the seas and oceans of the world for almost forty-five years, as if to make sure he preserves that liberty. His new book (already available in English and soon to be translated into French and German) retraces this extraordinary jo…
