The Cruising Rally Association (CRA), best known as the organiser of the annual Caribbean 1500 Rally from Hampton VA to the British Virgin Islands, and World Cruising Club (WCC), organisers of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Saint Lucia, are joining forces to become the largest global organisation dedicated to the sport of passage-making.

The teak decks of two classic sailing yachts provided the platform for World Cruising Club’s annual Corporate Sailing Day yesterday (18 May 2010), one of several networking opportunities for corporate sponsors. Sailing not only provides a great day out, away from the hustle and bustle of the office, but also a superb way to network with other companies, some in the marine sector and some not, and to learn more about World Cruising Club’s events and needs of the sailing membership.

Since its inception in 1986 thousands of cruising enthusiasts have enjoyed crossing the Atlantic with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC). This year is a significant milestone for the rally, as the 25th edition of the ARC will set off from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia this November.

Last weekend World Cruising Club hosted its three day Ocean Cruising Seminar at the Holiday Inn, Guildford. It was a great opportunity for delegates to listen to a number of chosen lecturers and meet fellow sailors, many of whom have similar sailing ambitions and plans. Delegates had travelled from across the UK and further afield including Portugal, Netherlands, Monaco and Finland. 

• ARC Europe 2010
• Rally Portugal 2010
• ARC 2010
• Satellite Tracking for Yachts

• When: Saturday 09 January 2010 – 10:00 - 12:00 
• Where: University of East London - Docklands Campus 4-6 University Way - London E16

World Cruising Club, the cruising rally specialists best known for the popular transatlantic sailing event the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), has now opened its entry lists for a host of 2010 events including ARC Europe, Rally Portugal and the ARC. Interest is already high and all events are expected to fill up quickly.

In a significant new development for 2010, yachts in all World Cruising Club offshore rallies from June 2010 will carry satellite tracking units, capable of automatically reporting the yachts’ positions, anywhere in the world.

As part of World Cruising Club’s ongoing website development, an online Member’s Area has recently been introduced to provide a central hub for all rally information, across all of our events.

World Cruising Club members can now benefit from exclusive prices on nautical charts and publications. Our members can view and/or purchase charts, books and nautical software online via our new online shop. There’s an extensive range of Imray nautical publications, as well as books and charts from other publishers including the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.

Learn from the Cruising Experts at the free Atlantic Circuit Forum

When: Saturday 10 January 2009 – 10:00-12:00
Where: University of East London - Docklands Campus

World Cruising Club, organizers of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, ARC Europe and other cruising rallies, has teamed together with Yachting World Magazine to stage an Atlantic Circuit Forum on the first Saturday of the London Boat Show 2009.

noonsite.com – the global website for cruising sailors - has joined forces with marine environmental group MEER (www.m-e-e-r.org) to launch a worldwide survey of collisions and near misses between cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and sailing yachts.

Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK: World Cruising Club, organisers of the famous Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), have announced today – 2 June 2008, that they have taken over noonsite.com – the global website for cruising sailors, from its founder, the author and sailing “guru” Jimmy Cornell. Noonsite.com is the culmination of Jimmy Cornell's work on the global cruising scene for three decades and a distillation of his best-selling books World Cruising Handbook and World Cruising Routes

Building on the success of the 2008 World ARC Rally, World Cruising Club have announced today that the entry list has opened for a second edition, the 2010 World ARC Rally. Billed as an adventure of a lifetime, World ARC 2010 will leave the Caribbean in January 2010, cruising across the World’s great oceans on a circumnavigation of the globe, returning to the Caribbean 14 months later.