Cornell's World Voyage Planner

Cornell’s World Voyage Planner is a guide to planning a long-distance voyage anywhere in the world. This fourth edition, fully updated by Jimmy and Ivan Cornell, covers:

• global weather systems and seasonal patterns
• long and short circuits in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans
• the pros and cons of different routes at different times of year, taking account of wind, currents, fog, ice, gales and piracy risk
• repair facilities, common gear breakages, health and safety, provisioning and planning for a long time away from home

It is written from an international perspective, for sailors setting out from any country.

About the authors

Jimmy Cornell has sailed over 200,000 miles in all the oceans, including three circumnavigations and voyages to Antarctica and the Northwest Passage. He is also the author of World Cruising Routes.

Ivan Cornell spent much of his childhood at sea and completed his first circumnavigation by the age of 11. He has since sailed thousands of miles as crew and skipper across all the oceans, including two expeditions to Antarctica.