World Cruising Club: Spring Update
In the latest news from World Cruising Club, the 2024 edition of World ARC is set to open for entries and those looking for a cruising adventure can join an online Bluewater Cockpit Conversations event to hear inspirational stories and practical top tips to get started on an adventure cruising the world’s oceans.
Published 2 years ago
World Cruising Club E-News – Spring 2022
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Blue Water Cockpit Conversations
In May 2021, our online event Bluewater Cockpit Conversations brought together over 1000 aspiring bluewater cruisers into the cockpit of our virtual cruising yacht, to learn from the experts and be inspired by those who had been there and done it. In June 2022, together with our partners at Berthon International, we will once again be bringing you a fun and insightful series of conversations about all things cruising. Whether you already have your bluewater boat and are looking for advice and support from those who have been live-aboard cruising, or you have a shared dream of sailing into the horizon one day, then joining Bluewater Cockpit Conversations is for you!
Our online format will offer a magazine style series of themed evenings running from Tuesday 14 to Friday 19 June, with a social element added on the last night. Our aim is to engage and stimulate you to think about all aspects of bluewater cruising during and after “the show”. As well as live conversation each evening in our “virtual cockpit”, there will be a playlist of presentations, boat “walk-throughs” and videos themed around each session for you to watch in advance.
Bluewater Cockpit Conversations is free to attend. Register now for the live sessions and receive update emails as playlists of presentations are published on the Bluewater Cockpit Conversations website throughout May.
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Europe on the Horizon
With the Caribbean cruising season drawing to a close, the World Cruising team are bound for St. Maarten for the start of ARC Europe, our west to east transatlantic rally. This year’s international fleet of over 30 yachts features plenty of familiar faces with previous ARC+, ARC and World ARC participants and some new cruisers from the USA bound for Europe for the first time.
The six-week rally is much more than a delivery trip, with a stopover in Bermuda coinciding with the SAIL GP event and cruise through the varied islands of the Azores. The final leg of the rally will see yachts head to Marina de Lagos, Portugal – an ideal gateway to the Algarve and Mediterranean – or alternatively rally support and weather routing is available for yachts returning to other ports in northern Europe. The fleet left St. Maarten on Saturday 7 May with the latest news and fleet tracking available on the ARC Europe website.
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Join Us for ARC January
It’s a full house on our November Atlantic-crossing rallies, ARC+ and ARC, this year with the waitlist now closed to new entries. Places are still available to join ARC January, departing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Sunday 15 January. The later departure date gives skippers more time to get boats ready and in position, especially useful for new boats, and is a useful option for those wishing to spend Christmas in Europe before the crossing. Limited to 50 boats, the rally will have an intimate and fun family-feel, and the promise of established tradewinds for a great sail to Saint Lucia.
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World ARC Ready to Sail Again
Two years on from the impact of island nations closing their borders, there is more excitement than ever to get started (or re-started!) on the ultimate adventure with World ARC. We are continually reviewing the opportunities for a fleet departure from Darwin in September 2022 to sail to the Caribbean via South Africa and Brazil, and will be updating entrants soon. Any skippers wanting to join this start who are not already registered should contact WCC to join the updates list.
In 2023, there will be two starts from Saint Lucia, with the circumnavigators setting off in January and the Pacific explorers following on six weeks later.
Look out for the launch of World ARC 2024 which is due to open in May this year. Interest is likely to be strong again, make sure you register your interest and we will send you the information pack as soon as it is published.
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We’re Recruiting!
Are you an enthusiastic team leader who enjoys overseas travel? Do you understand the cruising lifestyle and have practical experience of sailing ocean passages? Can you plan and deliver once-in-a-lifetime event experiences for the cruising community?
World Cruising Club is looking for a confident and proactive Event Manager (full-time) to join our established team, responsible for planning and delivering a global portfolio of long-distance sailing rallies. You’ll be a proficient communicator with experience building strong relationships with key stakeholders and delivering world-class events with a passion for sailing. The role is based in Cowes, Isle of Wight and includes significant international travel, with extended periods away from home, supporting our participants to discover amazing locations cruising the world’s oceans. You will be required to lead and motivate a team, ensure participants’ safety and enjoyment on and off the water, and deliver an outstanding event experience with attention to detail and on budget.
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Improving performance in the Galley whilst Sailing
Julina Pickles is a final year design student at Loughborough University with a passion for sailing. She is seeking input from offshore sailors on their experiences in the galley, evaluating different yacht galley layouts and equipment whilst in use at sea, with the aim of developing design recommendations for improvements
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Need Crew for your Offshore Adventures?
Connect now with hundreds of new crewmates, via OceanCrewLink.com, World Cruising Club’s crew connect service. The site is a network of over 8,000 active sailors, ranging from qualified captains and experienced ‘old salts’ to keen young sailors eager to gain offshore experience. As a skipper looking for crew, add your ‘sailing opportunity’ and have it shared with the network allowing interested crew to reach out to you. As the preferred crew connect website for all ARC rallies, skippers can highlight their ARC rally entry making it easier for crew to match profiles. Volunteer crew can add their own profiles sharing qualifications and experience, to join the network.
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Related to the following Cruising Resources: Cruising Information, Planning and Preparation, Rallies
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