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Atlantic Crossing West to East Sailors can start in either Sint Maarten or Bermuda, before transiting to Europe for the beginning of June. Typically, the voyage from Sint Maarten to...
Europe Bound Source: World Cruising Club The fleet departed St George’s, Bermuda on the 1800NM voyage to Horta on the island of Faial in the Azores. From Horta the fleet...
Another Busy ARC Season Ahead Other boats are already heading south, enjoying a slow summer cruise around Spain and Portugal. Boats should be across Biscay by the end of August...
Joe left St. Maarten on 22 June aboard his 12m British-flagged yacht, returning to the UK single-handed. Mid-Atlantic he got into trouble when he started having engine problems and damaged...
Gabriele and Jonathan Lyne As published by Ocean Cruising Club On June 24, Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) members Gabriele and Jonathan Lyne were approaching their interim destination, Horta, after a...
By Val Toch on Unsplash The eye of the storm passed to the west of the archipelago, so the predominant waves came from the southwest. These were predicted to reach...