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Kingstown is a working port and fascinating if you enjoy being in the midst of life unvarnished. It is dingy in parts but vital, filled with market stalls piled high with everything from St Vincent-grown fruit and vegetables (agriculture is a staple industry) to Chinese-made fancy lingerie. [links]
Life on board Henrik Nyman’s Oyster 745, Pitanga more
“At some stage later, I learned there was the RORC Transatlantic Race,” he confesses, “and a rally was not my intention as I am more race-minded, but it is very well managed with a global ambience and I was amazed at the number of boats and the commitment. I hope to come back next year.” [links]
“We could see that there was a quite a big gap in [the safety equipment] needed to join, but we realised that it wasn’t being asked for as a joke. The weather information was good, the seminar information was good and the safety stuff was good.” here
“Every team needs a leader and ours is Ricky. His calm demeanour has transmitted itself throughout the boat and we appreciate the way he teaches, rather than simply issuing orders. He has the confidence to allow us the privilege of helming this 50 tonne vessel in demanding conditions whilst appearing nonchalant, at least most of the time. “ Gary, 2019 First Class Sailing ARC Rally. here
You will book flights to Las Palmas from the UK. (You could use Skyscanner to see what other options are available) TIP : If you contact www.traveleads.co.uk/arc on 0113 242 2202 and ask to speak to Eric you may be able to get a substantially reduced (and we mean substantially reduced!) flight out from London. We recommend not booking a return flight from St.Lucia until you have a clearer idea of ETA. There is a satphone on board so you don’t have to wait for dry land. Flights from St.Lucia fly to Heathrow. [links]
Check out some of our previous ARC blog articles . Blog posts and pictures can be published during the event and are a great way to share your experience with those back home. Radio contact with other ARC rally boats keeps that sense of community and camaraderie.
As much fun for the experienced sailor as the rookie, a rally like ARC provides camaraderie and friendship, challenge, and natural beauty. [links]
This is a friendly race for sailors seeking a Transatlantic challenge and participants come in a huge variety of vessels and experience from salty old seadog to TransAtlantic rookie. Over 200 boats from 20 countries and 1200 people all rise to the challenge and adventure of crossing an ocean on a sailboat. The ARC has been running successfully since 1986 and being both competitive and social in equal measures has become one for the bucket list of many a sailor.
It was a simple craigslist ad that started all the rumpus. A guy named Milo in Belfast, Maine listed a well-worn 1969 Tripp 29 sloop for sale for $6,000. A young acquaintance of mine, Emily Greenberg, who maintains an intriguing sailing blog at dinghydreams.com and sometimes . read more
To say that the America 500 transformed most of its participants is hardly an exaggeration. To this day, the strong sense of family created during that rally endures. This was in spite of, but also because of, Cornell’s very authoritarian manner. In a very real sense, “bitching about Jimmy” was an important part of what galvanized us.
In fairness to Cornell, however, 1992 was a very stressful year for him, for he had by then vastly overextended himself. In addition to running the TransARC and the 500, he also ran the annual ARC rally, which departed Las Palmas only a few weeks after the 500, and also launched his first Europa round-the-world rally. Since then, the wave of enthusiasm for rallies that followed the ARC’s intital success has subsided a bit. Cornell pulled in his horns, sold out to Chay Blyth in 1999, and has since resumed cruising himself. Meanwhile, no one has ever succeeded in putting together aregular cruising rally as vast and momentous as the ARC. here
Jimmy Cornell, history tells us, is the man who invented the ARC. In reality, it was probably the ARC that invented him. After all, he never lured all those cruisers to the Canary Islands; he simply found them there. His was a brilliant, but fairly obvious idea: take this vast river of more than 1,000 yachts that flows across the Atlantic each year from the Canaries to the West Indies and channel it into an organized event with parties, drinking, trophies, etc. here
It was clear from the beginning that Cornell had tapped into something big. In its first year, 1986, the ARC enlisted 204 yachts from 24 nations on its entry list and was instantly enshrined in the record books as the largest transoceanic race ever held. It remains so to this day. Every year since, the event has attracted well over 200 boats, its entry list fills up many months in advance of the start, and the waiting list grows longer and longer. here
In early 2019, the 52ft steel expedition vessel Bagheera celebrated her 10th birthday. During that time, and in the years since, she has carried my wife, Krystina, our clients and me over 75,000 miles in Arctic and subarctic waters. This is the story of how Bagheera came to be . read more here
As SAIL magazine marks its 40th anniversary, we decided to highlight the 40 sailors who’ve had the greatest impact on our sport over the last four decades. After considerable debate, we came up with the following list. Odds are, however, that the debate is far from over.
Ted Turner
Most famous for his escapades during the 1977 America’s Cup when he skippered the defending boat Courageous, Ted, affectionately know as the “Mouth of the South,” brought sailing to the attention of the general pubic with his outgoing and sometimes outrageous behavior.
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The Gougeon Brothers
Jan and Meade Gougeon’s WEST SYSTEM Epoxy is probably the most widely used product in the market and has found favor with countless sailors in a vast array of uses, including both boatbuilding and repair.