ARC 2025 - Arrival in Saint Lucia

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There aren’t many transoceanic rallies without Outremer catamarans - and here in Saint Lucia, the Outremer 52 #24 Cattiba was even moored just a few meters from hull #23 Idefix. The former was purchased new and delivered in La Grande-Motte; the catamaran was run in between Corsica and Sardinia last summer and, a few months and more than 5,000 miles later, the Outremer 52 still looks as if it has just left the factory. On the cockpit table, a large Atlantic Ocean chart is prominently displayed, with a daily position plotted. The crossing took 13 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes - an average speed of 8.7 knots over the 2,812 nautical miles sailed from Las Palmas - which placed Cattiba 9th overall in real time among the 144 yachts recorded on arrival, and 4th among the multihulls. “We treated ourselves to a 253-mile day and bursts of over 23 knots,” smiles Tamlyn, the skipper, “all in a totally relaxed atmosphere for the crew.” The owners have a program quite similar to that of Cut & Run: heading for Australia, Tam’s home country - his wife is German. While they signed up for the ARC for this first ocean crossing, they will then join the World Odyssey 25 fleet, the rally organized by Grand Large Yachting.