ARC Rally: No Rush first across the finish line, Bellamossa leading among B multihulls

Arrivals have begun in St. Lucia for the 2024 edition of the ARC , the Atlantic cruiser rally, the race/crossing that takes hundreds of boats across the Ocean from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean each year. The first boat to cross the finish line of the ARC was Ghada Borsum’s Southern Wind 105 No Rush, the eve’s favorite for the line of honor, which took first place overall out of the 140 boats that started. No Rush took 12 days to cover the 3,000-mile course. A few hours later Jean Philippe Blanpain’s Vismara 62 Leaps&Bound, a boat with an almost entirely Italian crew, also crossed the finish line. Third across the finish line was VO65 Ocean Breeze, this is the boat from which 33-year-old Dag Eresund from Sweden fell overboard and was lost at sea. With less than 100 miles to go, Alessandro Fabbri’s Swan 75 FD Maimai continues to lead in the Cruising A category. Valuable proof also for Massimo and Flavia Guardigli’s C-Cat 38 Bellamossa, currently in the lead in the Multihull B category; for them, however, there are still 600 miles and about 4 days of sailing before they land in Santa Lucia.