Cruising Rallys

[GordMay]

Does anyone have any news or information about Rallys and/or Flotilla Sailings for Cruisers?

CRUISING RALLY’s

North Atlantic Rally to the Caribbean (NARC):
http://www.sailopo.com/narc_info.html
Starts: October 29, 2005
From Newport, RI -to- St. Martin with a stop in Bermuda

Rally Antigua:
http://www.yachtrallies.co.uk/2events/rallyantigua.htm
October 30
Gibraltar -to- Tenerife -to- Antigua

Baja Ha Ha:
http://www.baja-haha.com/
Starts: October 31, 2005
From San Diego, Ca -to- Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with two stops on the way

Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC):
http://www.worldcruising.com/arc/english.htm
Starts: November 20, 2005
From Las Palmas de Gran Canaria -to- Rodney Bay in St.Lucia

Med-Red-Rally:
http://www.med-red-rally.com/
Starts: April 7th, 2006
From Marmaris, Turkey -to- Eliat, Israel via the Suez Canal & Red Sea

Adaman Sea Rally:
http://www.andamansearally.com/index.html
January 13, 2006
Phuket -to- the Andaman Islands
ue to the effects of the recent tsumanis in Southeast Asia, and the subsequent damage to the Andaman Islands, the Andaman Sea Rally 2005 has been cancelled.

Royal Sunset Rally:
http://www.islandcruising.co.nz/rallies.html
April 29, 2006
Bay of Islands, NZ -to- ROYAL SUNSET RESORT Atata Island, Kingdom of Tonga

ARC Europe:
http://arceurope.worldcruising.com/en/
May 2006
From both Antigua and St.Augustine, Florida -to- Lagos, Portuga,l and Plymouth, UK


FLOTILLA SAILINGs

Bahamas Summer Boating Fling/Flotilla:
email: emiller@bahamas.com
End of July to beginning of August
Bahia Mar Resort & Yacht Center in Fort Lauderdale -to- Port Lucaya marina on Grand Bahama Island
For more information, contact the Bahamas Tourism Center in Florida at tel. 800/224-3681 or 954/236-9292

All Abaco Sailing Regatta:
Late September
Local sailing sloops rendezvous at Treasure Cay Harbour for a series of championship races and onshore festivities.
Contact the Regatta Desk in Nassau at tel. 242/394-0445 or in Abaco at tel. 242/367-3067

[Harriet]

Are the Bahamas 500 and Caribbean 1500 still going?

[GordMay]

From Swagman:
’06 East Med Rally
Starts 23rd April 2006
From Istanbul in Turkey, via N.Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel to Cairo in Egypt - then back to Israel for a wind up.
If you fancy cruising this coast, visiting Saladins Castle, shopping in Beruit, riding a camel by the pyramids plus lots more and all in company with possibly 80 other yachts - go see www.emyr.org
John

Registration is now open for yachtsmen to join the next Med-Red Rally already set for April 2006.
Nirit Slaney, Rally Coordinator
Tel: (972) 54 5236 829
Fax: (972) 9 9577 650
mailto:info@med-red-rally.com
http://www.med-red-rally.com