Rallies 1986 - 2000

These events scored several notable firsts:

ARC 1986: the first transatlatic rally from east to west: Gran Canaria to Barbados;

ARC 1986: the largest transocean sailing event with the participation of 204 yachts (Guinness Book of World Records 1987);

TransARC 1988: the first transatlatic rally from west to east Antigua-Bermuda-Azores;

Europa 92: the first round the world rally (1991-1992): Gibraltar-Canary Islands-St Lucia-Panama Canal-Galapagos-French Polynesia-Tonga-Fiji-Vanuatu-Australia-Indonesia-Singapore-Malaysia-Thailand-Sri Lanka-Djibouti-Sudan-Egypt-Suez Canal-Malta-Gibraltar;

America 500 (to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World in 1492): the largest sailing event of the 1992 quincentenary celebrations (146 yachts);

Hong Kong Callenge (1996-1997, to mark the handover of Hong Hong to China): the first round the world race to transit the Panama Canal and the first such event to visit Asia;

Expo 98: the first round the world rally to complete a circumnavigation via the Cape of Good Hope;

Millennium Odyssey 1998-2000: the largest round the wold sailing event and the first sailing event to visit Antarctica;