Let’s head to the Caribbean!
Charter Emily, 2023’s winner, for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 2026.
Assemble a group of your own friends to take on the Atlantic together.
Great for the liver!
On 19th November 2023 Emily of Cowes set off from Gran Canaria to St. Lucia in the company of a couple of hundred other yachts. We participated in the racing division of Atlantic Rally for Cruisers and we won 🐬
It was Richard’s 21st transatlantic. He is an ocean yachtmaster instructor with advanced first aid and medical care at sea certificates as well as a long range radio/satcom qualification.
Emily has four spinnakers, but twin running headsails are her secret weapon. The rolling stops and one can sail straight downwind; less gybing, books get read, culinary delights created and the opposition gets left in Emily’s wake 🐬
We sail south until the butter melted and then turned right
Dress code: shorts and T shirts (even at night in the tropics)
£30,000 for a whole boat charter plus entry fees and a provisioning allowance. Fishing gear included.
The start is 22nd November 2026, but please do join Emily in Madeira for a quick shakedown on Thursday 12th.
Emily of Cowes crossed the Atlantic in 2020 during lockdown one. A good seaman never seeks out stormy weather, but on our way home from the Caribbean, not allowed to stop in the Azores, an extremely deep depression sought us out:
Emily of Cowes sat out a Force 10 gale in the western approaches.
Afterwards Emily of Cowes was retrofitted with a watertight bulkhead making her more seaworthy than a standard production yacht.
Sailing Experiences 