ARC 2015

[Polux]

There is another thread about the much smaller ARC+, here:
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...-a-155773.html

So I will reserve that only for the ARC, the big one.

Regarding the two I have a question that I posted on the other thread and that had no reply: Why do the vast majority of cats prefer to do the Atlantic cross with a stop in Cabo Verde while the vast majority of monohulls prefer to do it directly?

It is not a coincidence, it happened last year, it happened this year again. Anybody has an explanation for that?

Regarding the ARC some posts were made already on other thread:

Originally Posted by barnakiel

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BTW Have just watched a Neel 45 RACING edition dock. Chatted to the skipper. 6 tons, taller mast, etc. Pretty cool....
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Originally Posted by Polux

You mean the Neal 45 that is going to make the ARC? I am very curious about the performance of that boat on the ARC. Some years back, in 2011 I saw the first one on the water and I was not impressed.

I was sailing a brand new Salona 41 performance and with light winds was way faster than the Neel. I went near the boat to see it well and the guys were kind of pissed with me circling the boat and wenting away after that. I guess it will be a fast boat downwind with medium and strong winds, if well sailed..

Originally Posted by barnakiel

Yep. Her skipper said they averaged 11kts on the passage from (?) (I think he said Madeira). We will see how they do....

Other fine boats here to watch now are a new Pogo 40s2, one Pogo 50, two new Jeanneau SunFasts 3600, an Azzurree 45 (or 6?) and something new and white, but I must check the inscripts to tell you what she is. She looks alloy or carbon, very long, with fancy midship windows ...

The long white thing is:
http://megayachtnews.com/wp-content/...eck-bd80-2.jpg
One source says it is a Turkish carbon. She looks carbon from the dock allright. Depending on who drives her, she can take the cruising division IMHO.
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Originally Posted by Polux

.. that Carbon white thing looks pretty ugly to me. A azuree 46 is doing reasonably well on the ARC+. I like the boat: very nice interior, good quality, nice design (Humphreys) at a very good price. A very nice cruising boat...and Turkish too They are doing a new 40ft boat. Posted about that on my blog.

If you can have a look at the Pogo50 interior I believe you will be surprised, I mean kind of zen, but in a kind of nice way and it has everything you need for long range cruising if you are a sportive sailor.
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https://www.worldcruising.com/arc/ar...ntentries.aspx
http://www.worldcruising.com/arc/eventfleetviewer.aspx