ARC Europe 2011 international fleet starts Atlantic adventure

11:03 AM Mon 9 May 2011 GMT

'Hampton VA start - Mojito (RSA) - ARC Europe 2011' ? Andy Schell

Seventy-seven sailors on 19 yachts flying the flags of 12 countries are sailing to Bermuda, then cruising the Azores archipelago before heading for Lagos in Portugal in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), an annual rally for cruising yachts that has been crossing the Atlantic since 1986. A multinational fleet has sailed from the Caribbean and USA to Bermuda, ready to sail across the Atlantic west to east with ARC Europe. The main fleet started from Nanny Cay on Tortola, British Virgin Islands on 05 May. The second fleet started from Hampton, Virginia on 06 May. The two fleets will ...

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by World Cruising Club