What are the consequences for Blue Water Cruising?
Does Jimmy Cornell need any further introduction? The former BBC journalist- turned-author/sailor has logged some 200,000 miles sailing around the world... which makes him an invaluable observer of everything to do with ocean cruising: destinations opening up to yachting, technological developments, but also problems caused by pollution and climate change. Jimmy explains how a changing climate is affecting our plans for blue water multihull cruising.
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11/07/2023
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Jimmy Cornell
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SP20
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“ Sailing routes depend primarily on weather, which changes little over the years. However, possibly as a result of the profound changes that have occurred in the ecological balance of the world environment, there have been several freak weather conditions in recent years. The most worrying aspect is that they are rarely predicted, occur in the wrong season and often in places where they have not been known before. Similarly, the violence of some tropical storms exceeds almost anything that has been experienced before. All we can do is heed those warnings, make sure that the seaworthiness of o…
