Lively start for ARC rally

The 37th ARC rally set sail on Sunday 20 November in lively conditions including a 1.5m swell and 18-20 knot north-easterlies, making for a white sail reaching start for the 143-boat fleet.

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Over 800 crew are taking part in this year’s transatlantic rally, on board a diverse fleet of monohulls, multihulls and one motorboat, with established tradewinds forecast for a classic crossing on the 2,700mile sail to Saint Lucia.

Two weeks previously the 10th ARC+ had also cast off from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 89 yachts (and again, one motorboat) and over 400 crew heading to Grenada via the Cape Verdes. The ARC+ is celebrating its 10th edition and slipped lines on 9 November.