Preparing Jimmy's catamaran the future is electric!
With over 200,000 miles in his logbook and tens of thousands of cruising guides sold, do we really need to introduce Jimmy Cornell? The indestructible sailor is now starting to get a taste of our world – that of multihulls. He’s ordered a 100% electric Outremer 45, scheduled launch in September. The skipper’s plan is yet another circumnavigation, but this time passing Cape Horn the wrong way.
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Publié le
22/07/2020
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Jimmy Cornell
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173
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In 2010 I sold Aventura III – an Ovni 435. At 70 years of age, I felt that the time had come to call it quits. That didn’t last long and by 2013, with accelerating climate change increasingly making the news for those who were prepared to listen, I decided to get another boat and attempt to transit the Northwest Passage. Described by scientists as the “canary in the mine” of global climate, whatever happens there eventually spreads to the rest of the world. I did manage to transit this once impenetrable waterway, now opening up due to the consequences of climate change. I also saw the conseque…
