They're off - ARC 2024 starts. 24/11/2024
At 12:30 local time today, Sunday 24 November, a record-breaking 45 multihulls were the first boats to cross the start line of ARC 2024, followed by the 11-strong IRC racing fleet at 12:45 and then at 13:00 the 83 cruising yachts.The multihull division had a slow start in a flukey south easterly breeze, with Mark and Penny Belcher’s Lagoon 400 Two Hoots (GBR) crossing first, making Benji the sea dog first of the seven sailing pets in the fleet to start the 2,700NM adventure. Two Hoots was followed by Kenneth Frantz’s Fountain Pajot Elba 45 My Cherie Amour (USA) and the Neel 47 trimaran Ferdinand (FRA) of Francesco Rongoni. Jean Philippe Blanpain’s Vismara 62 Leaps & Bounds 2 (MLT) was first of the IRC racing division to cross the line, followed closely by three-times ARC...
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