Posted by Lanzarote, Canary Islands (January 9, 2023) – The start of the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race had ideal conditions to allow the fleet to get away for a clean downwind start. After passing under the volcanic mountains of the Los Ajaches National Park, the fleet raced through the narrow Strait of Bocaina which divides Lanzarote from Fuerteventura.
The fleet must leave Tenerife to port, before heading into the wide expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. The next mark of the course is 3,000 miles away across the Atlantic at Glover Island, just a few miles from the finish outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada…
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