Cruise in company from the Caribbean or USA to Marina de Lagos in southern Portugal. Explore the Atlantic islands of Bermuda and the Azores with friends.
More than just a trans-ocean delivery, ARC Europe is a convivial way to start a European adventure or to end a Caribbean season. The rally has two starts; From St Maarten or the US East Coast with online support; with the two fleets meeting in Bermuda. Then on to cruise the Azores, seeing bull running, flowers, traditional buildings and spectacular scenery before the final voyage to Europe.
Our team are with you in every port, helping you make the most of your time ashore with parties and tours, advice and support.
“It has been a lot of fun to cruise the Azores in the company of other ARC Europe boats”
RALLY NEWS
ARC Europe 2024 Start Day.
11/05/2024
ARC Europe 2024 are on their way to Bermuda! Under beautiful blue skies the fleet of 18 yachts, 63 crew and 4 dogs, had ideal wind conditions of 12 KTS coming from the Southeast as they set off towards Bermuda.Good conditions saw the fleet favour the committee boat end of the line creating quite a lively gathering on the start line. It was however Galatea of Aune a Rustler 42, who chose to start...
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ARC Europe 2024 - St Maarten Tour and Beach BBQ.
08/05/2024
Day two of the ARC Europe 2024 program of events offered a half day tour around the island of St Maarten. Starting from the marina, driver Conrad navigated an enthusiastic group of rally participants in a VIP bus through both the Dutch and French side of this island. Full of history, fascinating facts and local stories were by expertly provided by tourist guide Devine. The group learned how land...
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Celebrations and Farewells in Lagos.
19/06/2023
Six weeks ago the fleet set off from the island of St Maarten on a steady ride to Bermuda where BYS & St George’s Dinghy and Sports Club did their best to accommodate us all in the town of St George’s.The weather on passage from Bermuda to the Azores was quite consistent, especially for those that have chosen a route south of the rhumb line. But very challenging for those who chosen the...
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13/05/2024
Hear's2Us - Day 2 Littler River to Bermuda
The 11th started off strong with good winds from the north and nice progress until shortly after noon when the winds petered it. Ended up motor sailing (a lot more motoring than sailing. In the middle of the night e managed to break our traveler
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12/05/2024
Sequel - Day Two_Sequel
We departed Ft. Lauderdale on Friday with the Blue Angles overhead. Our practice runs prior to leaving were very helpful to learn to work as a team. The weather predictions have been a bit off and we found ourselves motor sailing on day two and
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10/05/2024
Epiphany - Day -1. On the eve
On the eve of a passageSkippers calmly preparingSun gradually settingTemperature slowly fallingWind gently rippling through the flagsA sense of anticipation in the airTomorrow a new adventure beginsWe head to the peace of offshoreAt the mercy of
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10/05/2024
Epiphany - Day -1. We are ready
Crew is here, all boat jobs down, food purchased. We are ready to go tomorrow morning. It’s about a 900 mile passage from Sint Maarten to Bermuda. Normally 6-7 days but we have light winds forecast. 5-10 knots for the first 3-4 days. Hopefully the
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10/05/2024
Queso Grande II - T -1
Queso Grande II and crew are ready to go! Final provisioning is today. We plan to depart tomorrow afternoon from Little River SC en route to Bermuda.
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TESTIMONIALS
Thank you for a fantastic event. It was the first time we partook in an ARC event and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We would particularly like to complement World Cruising on the team they had in place at Nanny Cay, Bermuda and the Azores. Lyall, Kieran and Nick were exceptionally professional, unbelievably pleasant despite having numerous yachts demanding various things from them. They always had a smile and were always willing to help irrespective of the time of day or weather conditions - which we can personally vouch for following our arrival into Horta.
Brian and Loretto Linehan, sy Asteroid 2012
It really was a highlight of our year's sailing last year.
Margaret Meade, sy Re Shuanta
FEATURES
Boot is Back!
Europe's largest boat show, Boot Düsseldorf, is back in action again and World Cruising Club will be there to welcome ARC sailors, both old and new, face-to-face. There is so much to see and explore at Boot that you'll need more than one day to see it all. With excellent transport links, plenty of hotels, and the world's marine industry attending, it is the 'must see' boat show for boaters from across Europe and beyond. Come and find the WCC team at 10E31 in Hall 10....
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