Plymouth’s Mayflower Marina recently hosted the World Cruising Club’s 2022 ARC Portugal fleet as they assembled at the marina during the build up to the start of the 1,000 nautical mile sailing rally.
A total of 15 yachts left the marina and headed for the start line in Plymouth Sound on a sunny Sunday morning at as the three-week long rally got underway. It was especially poignant to see the fleet depart Plymouth Sound after two years of Covid delays.
The rally participants, which include crews from the UK, Netherlands and Australia enjoyed a host of week-long pre-sailing hospitality in the city before they set sail on Sunday morning.
Charles Bush, managing director of Mayflower Marina said
“The ARC Portugal is an annual feature in our event calendar. Our relationship with the World Cruising Club goes back to the inaugural rally to Portugal way back in 1994, and it is always a pleasure for us to have the rally fleet stay with us as they prepare for their voyage to Lagos.
We are especially pleased to see the rally return to our marina after two years of interrupted sailing events.”
