World ARC - Hasta siempre Galapagos!
by World Cruising on 2 Mar 2017
World ARC 2017 - Galapagos - Start Leg 4 World Cruising Club
The World ARC fleet left from the Galapagos Island today and made their way to their next destination: Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia. The trip will be the longest of the World ARC route, the 2,980 nautical mile journey is expected to take two - three weeks for most of the yachts.
The crossing is likely to be quite slow for the fleet, the equatorial low trough extends south to seven degrees and unusual very light winds are expected in the area between Galapagos and Marquesas. Before the start crews completed the clearance out from Galapagos, they all met at the Immigration Office to put an exit stamp in their passports and to get their zarpes, or sailing clearance, to go to the Marquesas Islands.
The first yacht across the line was the Nautitech 42 Misto followed buy the Hallberg Raissy 43 North and then the Leopard 46 Laura Dawn. The wind was about 12/15 knots from E-SE which gave the perfect condition for a start on the beam reach, with many boats flying colored sails.
Followers can see the progress of the fleet on the World ARC fleet viewer
here.
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