ATLANTIS CUP

Atlantis Cup, also called "The Autonomy Regatta", is organized by Horta's Yacht Club in cooperation with Angra and Ponta Delgada's Yacht Clubs. Its route goes from Ponta Delgada to Angra and then from Angra to Horta. Atlantis Cup happens every year in the end of July since 1988. Classes: OPEN and ORC Club.

More information can be found on Horta's Yacht Club website: www.cnhorta.org

 

LA ROUTE DU RHUM (assistance)

This regatta binds St Malo (Britanny, France) to Point-au-Pitre (Guadeloupe, Caribbean) since 1978. It generally departs on the last week of October and arrives at its destination on the week before the last of November. The role of the Açores is but of assistance, varying the number of boats in our ports according to the problems and/or necessities that come across to them. This regatta happens every 4 years. Monohulls and multihulls without class specification nor measure restriction can join in: it is the “transantlantic regatta of freedom, from France to overseas France ”.

Site: laroutedurhum-labanquepostale.com

 

AZAB

The Azores and Back Race is an organization of the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club. It happens every 4 years, since 1975, binding Falmouth (England) to Ponta Delgada. It’s open to mono-hulls and multi-hulls, each one of these categories divided in boats with more and less than 40 feet.

Site: www.azab.co.uk

 

GTA and RAS

The Grand Traversée de L'Atlantique happened for the first time in 2008, binding La Rochelle to Québec and making a stopover in Ponta Delgada in May. The second leg is called Retour Aux Sources and heads the reverse way, stopping at Ponta Delgada in August. This non competitive rally connects Europe to America and is open to mono-hulls between 10 and 18,5 metres and to multi-hulls between 12,5 and 18,5 metres.

Sites: www.grandetraversee400.com or www.retourauxsources.info