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Safety on World Cruising Club Rallies. 16/07/2024

"Safety is our highest priority"Paul Tetlow, World Cruising Club Managing Director talks about the importance of safety on our rallies, our safety equipment requirements, and the training we provide to ensure participants know what to expect in the unlikely event of something occurring at sea. ... Click here for more info..

Yellow Shirt Fergus' Top Fishing Tips for Fishing on Ocean Passages. 11/07/2024

SAFETY FIRSTAlways wear lifejackets and clip on when retrieving a fishAlways wear gloves (cut proof ideally) when handling the line as well... Click here for more info..

How to Protect Your Eyes on the Water. 08/07/2024

How to Protect Your Eyes on the WaterSailing presents numerous challenges for your eyes due to the intense light reflecting off the... Click here for more info..

Arriving in Las Palmas – when is the best time?. 04/07/2024

The ARC Rally Handbook advises skippers to get their boats to the Canaries by early October. But why when the start isn’t until... Click here for more info..

How to Crew in the ARC. 19/06/2024

The 2024 editions of the ARC and ARC Plus rallies are rapidly approaching with over 250 boats carrying 1500 aspiring ocean sailors ready to... Click here for more info..

The Berthon Market Report 2024. 01/05/2024

Welcome to the 2024 Berthon Market Report, an annual publication with articles from the Berthon Sales Group team with their take on the... Click here for more info..

ARC Films from the BoatShow.tv. 13/03/2024

The talented team at YouTube channel BoatShow.tv have released their films from ARC 2023, featuring Gran Canaria, Saint Lucia and a whole... Click here for more info..

Best of the blogs. 15/12/2023

Ship’s logs have been written for centuries, providing records and accounts of sailor’s lives and experiences at sea.They are in fact a... Click here for more info..

Ikigai - A Reason for Being. 03/12/2023

By Saturday 2nd December almost half of the ARC+ family boats had now completed their big transatlantic adventure in Grenada. After 14 days... Click here for more info..

Your Guide to the 2024 Caribbean Regatta Season. 11/12/2023

The Caribbean, with its crystal-clear azure waters and reliable trade winds, plays host to a series of sailing regattas each year. Whether... Click here for more info..

The cruisers that didn't mean to race.... 03/12/2023

ARC+ is a rally, not a race, however, some boats just can't help themselves...Having taken line honours in leg one, from Las Palma to Cape... Click here for more info..

Welcome to Grenada! Mongoose is first multihull, first family boat and second to finish. 29/11/2023

Chris and Erica Murray’s Marsaudon ORC50, launched in July 2023, crossed the finish line off Quarantine Point, Grenada, on Wednesday 29... Click here for more info..

Fleet update as finishing line approaches!. 27/11/2023

With the ARC Plus fleet leaders expected to arrive in Grenada in the next 48 hours, and the ARC fleet leaders nearing the halfway point lets... Click here for more info..

The ARC Forest continues to grow.... 05/11/2023

For many years, ARC crews have been volunteering to plant trees in the hills above Las Palmas. This isn’t just an excuse to enjoy the... Click here for more info..

Let us Dance our Lives Across the Ocean. 02/11/2023

Christian Lotthé is the oldest sailor and skipper in the ARC+ 2023 fleet, a fit and youthful 88 years old. He is navigating his Beneteau... Click here for more info..

Meet the Yellow Shirts!. 27/10/2023

The World Cruising Club team on events are known as ‘Yellow Shirts’, for obvious reasons! Yellow Shirts deliver all elements of the rally,... Click here for more info..

SeaLabs Phase 1 completed - now steering into launching a new gen kit for ARC 2023. 19/04/2023

The Spanish environmental group Ambiente Europeo equipped 15 sailboats with mobile test kits – SeaLabs - in November during ARC 2022 for... Click here for more info..

Boot is Back!. 12/01/2023

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... Click here for more info..

Grenada – in a nutshell. 07/12/2022

With all the ARC+ boats now safely in port (apart from those who departed Mindelo late), many of the crews have been taking time out to... Click here for more info..

ARC Plus tales from the crossing. 02/12/2022

Over 60 boats have now arrived in Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina and the atmosphere is joyous and vibrant as delighted crews... Click here for more info..