"SAILING ROUND THE WORLD: DREAM CRUISING" - YACHTWORLD.CO.UK Monday 26th May 2014
Yachtworld.co.uk featured an article by Louay Habib titled ‘Sailing round the world: dream cruising’, highlighting the recent Oyster World Rally, which started in Antigua.
"It's something that many sailors dream of, but few ever make it a reality. Here are a few families and couples that made their dream a reality over the course of the recent Oyster World Rally...
So many people dream of sailing round the world, but few make their dream a reality. Recently 23 more yachts achieved their aim with the help of the Oyster World Rally.
When plans were put in place three years ago for the rally (no manufacturer had ever tried to stage such an event before), many considered it a bold and daunting prospect. But 25 yachts left Antigua in January 2013 and 23 of them sailed round the world – an incredible success rate, especially considering that the two yachts that didn’t finish were never planning to sail the whole route anyway."
Read the full article here.
The Oyster fleet in Antigua. Photo Mike Jones/Waterline Media.
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