Atlantic Rally for Cruisers is The Great Equaliser
What do a five-year-old, a 79-year-old, an investment banker and history students all have in common? The answer: The 26th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers

What do a five-year-old, a 79-year-old, an investment banker and history students all have in common? The answer: The 26th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers
Dozens of desperate females from all around the world flood into Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, in hopes of catching a yacht-ride westward with the ARC
It is the largest (race? rally? cruise?) organized transoceanic sailing event ever staged, with 234 vessels participating in 2007 and nearly 5,000 overall during the intervening 26 years.
It’s the granddaddy of all offshore rallies and judging by the fleet assembling in Las Palmas this November, it is growing stronger by the year.
Increased local participation showed that St. Lucia recognizes the value the ARC brings to the island and participants were delighted to help celebrate its 25th birthday.
Cornell watched as on November 25, 1986, the starting cannon was fired from a Spanish Navy frigate and 204 yachts from 24 nations set sail on the inaugural ARC on the largest trans-ocean race ever staged.
The Cruising Rally Association (CRA) and World Cruising Club (WCC) are joining forces to become the largest global organisation dedicated to the sport of passage-making.
“Shall we do the ARC?” Pete, my neighbour and dinghy race skipper for the winter series in our local sailing club at Hythe, thought about my question for a few seconds and then said, “I’d have to check with Lyn” (his partner)…
Representing 21 nations and 25 nationalities, 220 yachts with1100 crew members, including 34 children, took part in the 2008 Atlantic Rally for Cruise
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