ARC YACHT RACE

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ARC YACHT RACE

Post by aukepalmhof » Sat Jul 09, 2016 8:23 pm

The two stamps from Saint Lucia issued in 1992 for the ARC yacht race from Gran Canaria to Saint Lucia, which takes place every year.
The yachts depict on the stamp are not identified. Stanley Gibbons give for the 60c schooner rigged and for the 80c a Bermuda and yawl rig yacht.

The Worldcruising which organized the race gives the following information:

The ARC is a ‘must do’ for many sailors, and attracts over 200 boats and 1200 people every year to sail 2700 NM across the Atlantic from Gran Canaria to Saint Lucia.

The ARC is for everyone; families with children, tough racers, cruising couples, big boats and modest boats. Crossing the Atlantic together, but having their own adventures. More than just a boat race, the ARC is about friendships made ashore in the two weeks of pre-departure activities continued over the radio net at sea. It’s about arriving in Saint Lucia to be met on the dock with a rum punch and a chilled beer, knowing you have achieved something fantastic - crossing an ocean on a small sailboat.

Saint Lucia 1992 60c/80c sg1073/74, scott989/90.
https://www.worldcruising.com/arc/event.aspx
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