ANTIGUANICE YACHTING INSIDER NEWSLETTER

On January 2024 the Oyster World Rally 2024-25 fleet will set sail from Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua, for the ultimate circumnavigation.The route travels across three oceans, covering 27,000 nautical miles over 16 months, and visits some of the world’s most spectacular cruising grounds. The route is timed precisely to make the most of global weather patterns so participants can experience the best of each location, with plenty of cruising time at the end of each passage. The Oyster team is on hand from the very start, from helping choose the perfect yacht, to making sure crews are fully trained and prepared before leaving. Once underway the yachts will be supported by expert Oyster technical and logistics teams on the ground, allowing participants to make the best use of their time in each destination.

The boats head south through the Panama Canal, to the Galapagos Islands, and on to French Polynesia, Tonga, and Fiji before arriving in Australia at the end of July 2024. Sailing north up the east Australian coast, stopping off at the Whitsundays, Cairns and Darwin, the fleet then sails to Southern Indonesia and across the Indian Ocean to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Mauritius and Reunion before arriving in Durban, South Africa. A short hop to Cape Town for Christmas precedes the journey to St Helena, before heading back across the Atlantic to South America and northwards, returning to Antigua in April 2025.