On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:10:45 -0400, "Dennis Gibbons"
wrote:

Look at July if you could. I believe he site waypoints off shore and mid
ocean and arrival
Dennis
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:07:21 -0400, "Dennis Gibbons"
wrote:

Anyone have a copy of Cornell's "Cruising Routes"? I would like to see
what
he says regarding waypoints for a transatlantic route from the Northeast
US
to Great Britain.

I have a copy and will take a look later on. I'm pretty sure that
some of it depends on time of year and southern ice limits.



Cornell speaks of three basic routes from New England to Northern
Europe. They all use a point of departure south of Nantucket Shoals
at 40-30N by 69-30W. The route into Southern GB is a great circle
from there to the Lizard on the south eastern coast at 49-55N by
05-10W. There are no intermediate waypoints given but any modern
GPS/Plotter will set up the great circle track line for you. Cornell
specifically warns of fog and ice south of Newfoundland, even in July.
The distance from Brenton Reef to Falmouth is 2802 NM.

As an alternative he also talks about a northern route to the far tip
of Scotland, and a southern route via the Azores. The most
conservative route would be via Bermuda and the Azores, avoiding all
of the ice risk and almost all fog. I have sailed to Bermuda 6 times
from Newport, Rhode Island and have only seen fog on the first night
out.