Wow!
I just got my copy of Jimmy Cornell’s new World Cruising Destinations this last week – and I am in love with it!
I’ve carried Jimmy Cornell’s books aboard my boat ever since I bought my first copy of World Cruising Routes in the late ‘80s.
When I was finally lucky enough to have my boat and wonder “OK, now how do I get to these places?” World Cruising Routes had the answer for me, laying out all the major routes for any crossing I might want to make.
World Cruising Destinations is a great companion to World Cruising Routes.
What World Cruising Destinations does is give you the WHOLE world through a boater’s eye, and of course, not just any boater’s eye, but with Jimmy Cornell’s decades of experience. It covers every significant cruising destination around the world – 184 of them to be exact.
Here is some of the information included for each destination:
- Country profile
- Map
- Climate
- Formalities and Ports of Entry
- Facilities (for repair, provisioning, etc)
- Cruising guides
- Charter areas and operators
- Websites
- Flag, time zones, buoyage, currency, electricity, communications codes, etc.
- Plus, and best of all, an understanding of where and how you cruise that area.
But I guess one reason that I LOVE the book is that it’s beautiful, enticing even!
The photos are gorgeous, and the layout makes it fun to just pick up the book and read … about Croatia, Spain, Cuba, the Falklands, Antarctica – the places I’ve been, the places I would love to go to in my own boat, the places where I might like to charter, or take a friend up on an offer to visit.
With cruising guides, I’ve always had the attitude, “Okay, I’ve got the book, so I now I have to go there!”
Note
World Cruising Destinations replaces Cornell’s 2001 World Cruising Handbook (which I also carried aboard).
More information (external links)
- World Cruising Destinations: An Inspirational Guide to All Sailing Destinations at Amazon.com
- World Cruising Routes: 1000 Routes from the South Seas to the Arctic at Amazon.com
Also on Women and Cruising
- Admiral’s Angle #44 – An Admiral’s Reference Shelf
- Women and Cruising’s Cruising Women’s Bookstore
How did you manage to get a copy of the Cornell Cruising Destinations book so early? I put in my order to amazon some time ago but they say it won’t be released/shipped until mid September. We are taking off on our dream circumnavigation this October so I’d love any hints on how to get my hands on this sooner.
thanks,
virginia
Hi Virginia,
I emailed you directly in response to your comment here, but I thought I would add a comment here too in case others are interested – I notice that World Cruising Destinations is now in stock and shipping!
So, I hope you ahve your copy by now!
Bon voyage,
Kathy