World ARC 2024-25 concludes in Saint Lucia 

Published on Apr 28, 2025  

World ARC 2024-25 finished on Saturday May 21st in IGY Rodney Bay Marina, Saint Lucia, from where the boats set sail 15 months and 26,000NM ago. In total, 330 people aged from a toddler to over eighty sailed on one or more stages of the rally.

39 yachts took part in the thirteenth edition of the World ARC rally. Six crews completed a 15-month circumnavigation with the rally, 20 yachts sailed in the first half of the rally from Saint Lucia to Australia via Panama, Galapagos, French Polynesia, Tonga, Fiji and Vanuatu and 13 joined the rally for the second half from Australia and Indonesia to Saint Lucia via the Cape of Good Hope.

After so many sea miles, the final passage was the traditional parade of sail, just 12NM from Marigot Bay to Rodney Bay. Everyone was met at the dock in IGY Rodney Bay Marina with rum punches, hugs and a few happy tears. Marina Manager Sean Devaux said, “It’s tremendous to be able to welcome you back to Rodney Bay Marina, and with heartfelt warmth, we congratulate you on what you have achieved.”



The 2026-27 edition of the rally starts in Saint Lucia on 10 January 2026 with 33 boats already confirmed, many of them old friends from the ARC transatlantic rally. You don’t even need to own a boat to enjoy the experience of sailing round the world, as Swedish charter Farr 65r Celeste of Solent is offering berths for each stage of the rally.