Atlantic Odyssey
23 November 2014
Preparing for start
One major event was the start of the Atlantic Odyssey Sunday November 16th. This is a Cruising Rally leaving from Arrecife, Lanzarote going to Martinique in the Caribbean.
In 1986, Jimmy Cornell initiated the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), that has been a yearly event ever since, leaving from Las Palmas to Sta Lucia in the Caribbean. ( About 250 yachts are participating this year) However, Mr Cornell thinks the ARC has become too big and too commercial, and wants to return to the original idea of an informal rally for hobby cruisers. This is why he initiated the Atlantic Odyssey, which is starting for the second year.