The Members Area will be temporarily unavailable for a few days while we upgrade it to align with our new website. During this unavailability, we’ll be transferring data to ensure everything is correctly migrated and functioning exactly as intended when it returns.

We hope you’ll enjoy the refreshed, improved experience once it’s back online, with enhancements designed to make accessing information smoother and more user-friendly.

Thank you for your patience while we make these improvements.

Crew members wave from the deck of yacht Ikigai at the start of ARC 2024 from Las Palmas

If you are trying to Enter a Rally:

Please email or phone the office to speak directly to the World Cruising Club team

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CALL:
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If you are a Current Participant:

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Our Experience

Since the very first ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) in 1986, World Cruising Club has been helping sailors to achieve their dreams of sailing the oceans.

Our contacts in cruising destinations are second to none, ensuring a seamless experience for you. We arrange moorings and memorable experiences. We know the right people for spares and repairs, the best bars and supermarkets and the most beautiful sunsets.

Every year 450 boats with over 1,600 people sail on a World Cruising Club rally, and we want everyone to have an amazing and memorable experience.

Paul Wade and the crew of Blonde Moment celebrate arriving in the Azores

It’s comforting to have the same familiar faces to greet you in every port, and to know that everyone truly cares about the safe passage and arrival. This is what it’s all about.

Paul Wade, Blonde Moment (GBR)

Ian and Fiona Patience of yacht Asante in Hiva Oa, French Polynesia

We’re doing the ARC again because we just really enjoy it. The fellowship, camaraderie, helping each other and the celebration on arrival – we just love it.

Ian Patience, Asante (GBR)

Ros and Howard Cheetham at the start of World ARC 2018 in Saint Lucia

World Cruising Club takes the aggravation out of a circumnavigation.

Ros & Howard Cheetham, Misto (USA)

The friendships formed is one of the highlights of the rally.

Jill Hummel, Che Figata (USA)

The Wennberg family and crew arriving in Grenada after sailing round the world

The camaraderie of the fleet and the 24-hour support is what the ARC is all about.

Louise Wennberg, Take Off (SWE)

Our Rallies

ARC

ARC is the original ocean cruising rally, sailing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Rodney Bay in Saint Lucia every November.

ARC+

ARC+ sets sail every November from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, calling at Cape Verde before heading across the Atlantic to Grenada.

ARC Europe

ARC Europe sails west-to-east across the Atlantic from the Caribbean and US to Bermuda and then to the Azores, before finishing in Lagos, Portugal.

World ARC

World ARC is a 15-month, 26,000NM rally around the world, starting every January in Saint Lucia. Yachts can join for half a rally to or from Australia.

ARC Baltic

ARC Baltic visits five countries in 1,000NM of sailing over a summer month. Starting in Kiel in July, the rally visits Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and Finland.

ARC Portugal

ARC Portugal cruises across the Bay of Biscay from the UK, then day-sails down the Iberian coast to conclude in Lagos, Portugal.

We are currently switching over to our new, improved Members Area

Which means the Members Area is currently unavailable

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Our Experience

Our Rallies