February 12th, 2012 Jimmy Cornell is sailing from St Martin to the Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show aboard Kitty Cat, an Outremer 49 catamaran. Here is the third of several reports that he is sending along the way.
If you missed them, you will find his earlier reports below:
• Report 1- Delivering a Strictly Sailing Cat to Miami
• Report 2- A Good Old-Fashioned Spinnaker Wrap
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| Kitty Cat & Parasailor |
A clear horizon promised another a spectacular sunset so I suggested to the others to come on deck and watch the sun as the day before I had caught the green flash and there seemed do be a good chance of catching this rare phenomenon again. And so it was… As the upper limb of the bright orange ball of fire kissed the horizon, there was an unmistakable green flash, which we all saw very clearly. The most excited was Jean Pierre, who had sailed thousands of miles all over the world and had never experienced “le rayon vert”. He admitted that until now he had been convinced that it was a figment of imagination. No longer.
The main reason why I joined this voyage was the opportunity to experience a long offshore passage on a cruising catamaran. However, as I am always keen to try to kill more that one bird with one stone, I had decided to use this opportunity to test the behavior and performance of a Parasailor on a catamaran. Read more…
February 11th, 2012 Jimmy Cornell is sailing from St Martin to the Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show aboard Kitty Cat, an Outremer 49 catamaran. Here is the second of several reports that he is sending along the way. In case you missed it, here is his first report: Delivering a Strictly Sailing Cat to Miami
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| Parasailor spinnaker |
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Tri-radial spinnaker |
We have been sailing with the Parasailor, a revolutionary spinnaker that is becoming quite popular among cruising sailors. We had agreed to test it on this voyage for its efficiency on a catamaran of this size.
Last night the swell got up so skipper Jean Pierre decided to take down the Parasailor, as it was dancing about too much, and use a heavier spinnaker.
For a while everything went well and we were going very fast, averaging 11 to 12 knots. Then the true wind went up to 24 knots, and we started surfing at 14, 15…18 knots…
Suddenly a larger wave knocked Kitty Cat off course and the wind backed the spinnaker which wrapped itself tighter and tighter around the furled up genoa. Read more…
February 10th, 2012
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| Jimmy and Ivan Cornell aboard Kitty Cat, a two-year-old Outremer 49 |
Jimmy Cornell reports his trip from St Martin to Miami via Iridium satellite phone.
Happy coincidences have been the story of my life, and this voyage on Kitty Cat is a good example.
It all started at the Paris boat show in early December where I had set up a meeting with Kevin Murphy of Strictly Sail at the Outremer Catamarans booth to talk about my forthcoming series of seminars at the Miami boat show. When Xavier Desmarest, the owner of Outremer, stopped by to say hello to Kevin and heard about my plans, he said, “Jimmy, as you are going to Miami anyway, how would you feel about sailing on one of our cats being delivered from St Martin to Miami for the show?”
So here I am, or more correctly, here we are, son Ivan and I, being part of the delivery crew of Kitty Cat, a two-year-old Outremer 49, normally based on the half-French, half-Dutch Caribbean island of St. Martin. Read more…
February 8th, 2012
For the first-time ever, Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show attendees will have a rare opportunity to enjoy a day with Jimmy Cornell learning first-hand from his long-distance cruising skills.
Jimmy Cornell is currently sailing to Miami from the Caribbean on a 49-foot Outremer catamaran and will arrive in South Florida in time to present his in-depth Long Distance Cruising Seminar at Strictly Sail Miami on Saturday February 18, aboard the m/v Biscayne Lady. Read more…
January 21st, 2012  Noonsite:
This amazingly impressive atlas …. definitely fills a gap in the nautical book market.
Read the complete review on noonsite.com
January 12th, 2012 Cruising World interviews Jimmy Cornell and discuss Cornell’s Ocean Atlas and the importance and best use of pilot charts for planning successful voyages.
Here is the link:
 Jimmy Cornell Talks about His Ocean Atlas (cruisingworld.com)
Jimmy Cornell answers our questions about his latest publication– Cornell’s Ocean Atlas: Pilot Charts for All Oceans of the World.
January 5th, 2012 
Jimmy Cornell will offer his Long Distance Cruising Master Class seminar, plus shorter free seminars on a broad range of cruising topics, at the Strictly Sail Miami Boat Show Friday Feb 18 to Sunday Feb 20, 2012.
Long Distance Cruising Master Class including Planning Your Dream Voyage (6 hours)
Saturday February 18, 2012 – 9:00am to 3:00 pm
Aboard the Biscayne Lady at Miamarina at Bayside.
$155.00 per person. The cost of the seminar includes 6 hours with Jimmy Cornell, a 2-day ticket to the show and buffet lunch aboard the Biscayne Lady at Miamarina at Bayside.
Seats are limited. You must register in advance. Click Here to Register
Questions? Email kmurphy@nmma.org or by phone 401-293-5207. Master Class Syllabus:
- Planning your dream voyage: Planning an offshore voyage starting from US east or west coast and sailing to the Caribbean, Panama, Mexico, or Hawaii … and all the way around the world. Routing suggestions, weather routing, prevailing wind patterns, tropical storm areas and seasons, climate change and its possible effects.
- Main voyage planning considerations: Heavy weather, safety concerns and piracy, common breakages, dealing with emergencies.
- Practical aspects of long distance cruising: Downwind sails, cruising in the tropics, cruising around the world in stages, yacht transport.
- Lunch with Jimmy
- Offshore routines: Life on board, daily routines including meals, maintenance, downwind sails, cruising in the tropics, self steering gears and autopilots, provisions, fuel and water, electricity consumption and generation, watch systems, fishing, diving and photography.
- The main factors that can affect the outcome of a voyage: Essential features on an offshore cruising boat, financial considerations, crew and problems that should be avoided, cruising couples, self-sufficiency, the right attitude: from dreams to reality.
- Questions and answers
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Jimmy Cornell’s newest book 
Cornell's Ocean Atlas
New pilot charts for all oceans of the world
by Jimmy and Ivan Cornell
120 pages, 11” x 17”
Now shipping!
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