Cornell's Ocean Atlas: Pilot Charts for All Oceans of the World
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0955639654 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jimmy Cornell, founder of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, noonsite and author of the sailor s bible World Cruising Routes has teamed up with his son Ivan to produce Cornell s Ocean Atlas, an atlas of 129 up-to-date pilot charts based on the last 20 years of satellite observations. Cornell s Ocean Atlas is: The first significant innovation in pilot charts an essential tool for passage planning since pilot charts were developed by Lieutenant Maury of the US Navy in the mid-1800s. The first and only pilot charts to be based on extensive near real-time geospatial and remote buoy sensing data from 1987 to the present measuring true surface wind and current gathered from a network of OSCAR and other meteorological satellites, using NOAA and Earth and Space Research (ESR) data programs An integral part of Jimmy Cornell s World Cruising Series works hand-in-hand with World Voyage Planner (available September 2012), World Cruising Routes and World Cruising Destinations
By employing the latest technology and weather information compiled via satellite over the last two decades and by quadrupling the number of roses on their clearly illustrated collection of transoceanic charts, the Cornells have not only updated a valuable resource but also substantially broadened it --Cruising WorldThis incredible atlas is the best climatological set of information that mariners operating at all levels from professional merchant master mariners to the casual cruisers MUST have alongside Bowditch. This publication should really be considered an essential item of yacht gear rather than a book. Bravo Zulu! --Lee Chesneau . This is an important factor as climate change means that the days are gone when publishers can get away with basing predictions on 50 year old climatic trends. Well laid out by the consummate professional that Jimmy Cornell is. --Sailing TodaySeasoned v
This atlas is the result of their cooperation. As the founder of the successful ARC transatlantic rally, Jimmy Cornell is credited with having devised the offshore cruising rally concept. . While working on his next book World Voyage Planner, to be published in 2012, he asked Ivan s help in producing up-to-date p
"AT LAST THE REAL THING" according to FREEDOM. It's sometime amazing to meet cruising sailors all over the world striving to get the latest (often) useless piece of electronics and then planning an offshore passage using information that is obsolete or insufficient to say the least.The Cornell's newly published Pilot Charts are the answer to the cruiser's quest for up-to-date reliable statistical meteorological information.Pilot Charts in use till yesterday were based on 19th century observations and although some updating was done they have demonst. "Ocean Atlas - The best yet from Jimmy Cornell" according to Judy A. Rouse. I am currently circumnavigating on Yacht BeBe with my husband, Bill. We are more than 70% complete on our west-around route which began in the Caribbean. We recently received our copy of the Jimmy Cornell's Ocean Atlas.I have compared the Atlas to all previous information I could find includingJimmy's previous books. The new Atlas is different because weather patternshave changed and Jimmy has this new Atlas up-to-date. It is better because it'scharts are largerat least twice the size (11.7"X16.5" (AOcean Atlas - The best yet from Jimmy Cornell I am currently circumnavigating on Yacht BeBe with my husband, Bill. We are more than 70% complete on our west-around route which began in the Caribbean. We recently received our copy of the Jimmy Cornell's Ocean Atlas.I have compared the Atlas to all previous information I could find includingJimmy's previous books. The new Atlas is different because weather patternshave changed and Jimmy has this new Atlas up-to-date. It is better because it'scharts are largerat least twice the size (11.7"X16.5" (A3)). )). BDB said Very well thought out atlas!. Perfect addition to a long distance sailor's library. Although much of this information can be visualized via the Internet or software, sometimes you just need things on paper in front of you and in a large format.Plus you have the input of master sailors to make all this relevant