ARC 2003 home - from Yachting World magazine

• Bye-bye from Girls for Sail
Girls for Sail are currently beautifying themselves in preparation for an imminent finish in St Lucia
17 December 2003, Girs for Sail/Yachting World

• 100 boats finished
The arrival of Alberto Larranaga's Moody 54 Dilema II today brought the number of ARC boats tied up in St Lucia to 100
12 December 2003, Mike Kopman/Yachting World

• Wind and wine aboard Berenice
In between squalls, Team Berenice are enjoying fine wine and good food
12 December 2003, Blair Nimmo/Yachting World

• Light finish for ARC boats
ARC crews who struggled across the St Lucia finish line in the light winds are now making the most of the local hospitality
11 December 2003, S. Richards/World Cruising Club/Yachting World

• Happy Spirit's hopes dashed
Just when things were getting serious aboard Happy Spirit, bang goes the spinnaker
9 December 2003, Andy Morris/ Yachting World

• Chubby Chubby Chafe aboard Happy Spirit
The crew aboard Happy Spirit are learning to deal with chafe
8 December 2003, Andy Morris/Yachting World

• In the spirit of things
Spirit's crew are beginning to settle into a life of Caribbean bliss in St Lucia
8 December 2003, Mike Kopman/Yachting World

• All quiet aboard X-to-Sea
As well as the oppressive heat that has dulled excitement onboard, Team X-to-Sea are beginning to realise their fun voyage is nearly at an end
6 December 2003, Team X-to-Sea/Yachting World

• Girls for Sail celebrate half way
The winners of the rubbish challenge and bad taste competition
5 December 2003, Girls for Sail/Yachting World

ARC positions

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Gallery

A snapshot (or two) from the 2003 ARC.

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Yachting World on the ARC

Speed machines line up for ARC ‘cruise’
Yachting World’s Features Writer Mike Kopman has been participating in this year’s ARC aboard the Volvo 60 Spirit.

This yacht is owned by Pure Sailing www.puresailing.co.uk and one aim of the team this winter was to beat the ARC record; this was successfully achieved when Spirit reached St Lucia at the head of the fleet. To read more information regarding the yacht and Mike’s view of life aboard click here.

The ARC started on November 23 from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, and it concluded 2,700 miles away in Rodney Bay, St Lucia. It is divided into cruising and racing classes, the cruising class using the World Cruising handicap while the racing boats sail under the auspices of RORC and the IRC handicap system.

News from other participating yachts

Berenice
While the boys on Spirit, the VO60, are scrabbling around down below trying to find a dry bunk, the crew of Berenice, the 90ft classic beauty are heading across the Big Pond in style enjoying sumptuous food and fine wine…or are they?
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Girls for Sail
Find out what the international team of eight girls are getting up to on their Lavezzi 40ft catamaran as they make their way across the Atlantic.
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Happy Spirit
Andy Morris and John Leach purchased Happy Spirit, an Ocean 60, exactly one year ago. After a major re-fit in Lymington working on her every weekend including Christmas and the New Year, the boys sailed her from Falmouth in September to the start of the ARC. She's now classified as their travelling home.
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Sanuk
Mike Stevenson bought his first yacht – a Bavaria 38 – earlier this year. Follow his progress to see if the ARC is the ideal way to tackle an initial Atlantic crossing
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X to Sea
Australian Rob Green’s X-562 is fresh out of its wrappers. Follow the team as they head across the Atlantic on the first part of their long trip home to Sydney.
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