ARC+ 2024 - Meet the fleet
by World Cruising Club 25 Oct 2024 10:27 PDT
Curry family on Kaia II of Vancouver CAN) - ARC Plus © World Cruising Club
This year's ARC+ sailors come from 27 countries, with the top three nationalities being UK (24%), Norway (13%) and USA (10%). Sailors come from as far away as Australia and Chile, Japan and Bulgaria.
The youngest skippers are both 26. Alastair Hughes from Bavaria 46 Vision Wahoo (GBR) and Carl Corneliussen of Xp44 Born to Run (NOR).
Three skippers share the accolade of 'elder statesman', all of whom are 74. Blair Wallace from Ovni 370 Silver Moon (USA), Peter Steinmann of XC-45 Shanna (CHE) and Helmut Rainalter of Beneteau Oceanis 58 Blue Passion (FRA). Helmut just sneaks ahead as he will be celebrating his 75 birthday while sailing to Grenada.
There are 37 children aged between 9 months and 16 years sailing on 19 boats, including three sets of twins. A third of the family boats are Norwegian, four are British, two each from USA and Netherlands and one each from Germany, Canada, Spain, France and Sweden.