Offshore sailing legend Jimmy Cornell has announced a sailing flotilla around the American continents including voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic. It starts in 2026 and registration is open.
Cornell founded the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers nearly 40 years ago and followed that up with other flotillas around the world. Greenland, the Northwest Passage, the North and South Pacific, Cape Horn and the Antarctic peninsula are all planned to be part of the High Latitude Challenge.
“In recent years, high-latitude voyages have become increasingly popular with sailors interested in more remote destinations,” Cornell Sailing said in a press release. “The most challenging of these, the Northwest Passage in the Antarctic and, at the other end, the Antarctic Peninsula, recorded the largest number of visits in one year.”
The March/April edition of Ocean Navigator will have a more in-depth article on the challenge.
