Brief descriptions of manufacturer-sponsored rallies for Beneteau, Cape Dory, Catalina, Hinckley, Hunter, Island Packet, J/Boats, Pearson, and Sabre. Events for 2003 in the U.S. only. 2 pages with contact information.
[Blue Water Sailing, June 2003]
If you want to add a little racing to your cruising, charter a fast boat - bareboat or crewed - for the big Eastern Caribbean regattas.
[SailNet, 20 April 2002]
This issue of Sail contains articles by participants in the ARC Bermuda-to-Azores rally and the Bluewater circumnavigation rally, as well as some other popular cruising routes where you are likely to be able to travel with other boats. 6 articles, 16 pages with photos.
[Sail Magazine, December 2004]
Organizes a variety of rallies and passages, depending on the season. Crew opportunities aboard large Swan cruiser.
[Offshore Passage Opportunities, Halesite, NY, USA]
Account of the Blue Water World Rally, 2003 - 2005, from Gibraltar west-about. Lots of photos and a map
[Yachting Monthly, UK]
The annual race in late April from Newport Harbor in southern California to Ensenada on Mexico′s Baja Peninsula is popular with cruisers. 3 pages with photos and map.
[Sail Magazine, August 2002]
The Regatta del Sol al Sol, a race in mid-April from St. Petersburg, Florida to Isla Mujeres, just off Mexico′s Yucatan, is popular with cruising boats. 2 pages with photos.
[Sail Magazine, August 2002]
Started as informal racing among boats at the end of the charter season, Antigua Sailing Week in late April has become a 200-boat event, with races for cruising boats with lots of social and shoreside activities, many of them with the local population.
[Blue Water Sailing, August 2003]
Rally from Antigua, via St. Augustine, Florida, and the Azores to England or Portugal in May.
[World Cruising Club, Cowes, UK]
A race from San Francisco to Tahiti in early May is popular with cruisers
[Cruising World, January 2002]