Sailing offshore with company continues its popularity as rallies from the U.S. and Europe will bring nearly 500 yachts to the Caribbean for the winter season – or longer. Here’s the scoop on what’s happening, when and from where
Why join a rally to sail to the Caribbean? A rally, especially for the first time, is highly recommended. What about Experienced Cruisers?
Blue water sailing can sound both wonderful and worrying to cruisers considering heading offshore. Experienced Sailors share Tips for Offshore Sailing
Hank Schmitt is a true renaissance man of the seas. This Long Island Sound native has sailed since he was nine-years-old. He ran yacht club launches as a teenager, crewed in the SORC right out of high school, and then worked several years on drill ships, semi-submersibles and jack-up rigs in the offshore oil industry….
If you want to sail your swift mono or multihull yacht from Newport to St. Maarten in the company of professional crew and experienced skippers, then the North Atlantic Rally to the Caribbean (NARC) is right for you. The NARC, now in its 15th year, was founded and organized by Hank Schmitt, a long-time offshore…
The 14th Annual NARC Rally is Free. The 14 Annual North American Rally to the Caribbean (NARC) departs November 3rd 2013 from Newport RI (or best weather window near that date.) First organized in 2000 the NARC Rally is now a free rally. Both the NARC Rally and “Salty Dawg Rally” (departing from Hampton Roads…
The North American Rally for Cruisers (NARC) has for the past decade been the fun way to deliver a boat from New England to the Caribbean. The first leg of the regatta leaves Newport
The NARC departed the Newport Yachting Center on Monday, October 30 to the St. Georges Sports and Dinghy Club in Bermuda, and will end in St. Martin by November 17. "Since 2000 we have been inviting both the private boat owners and delivery skippers taking boats south to join us in the annual WOW (Waiting…