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Oyster World Rally 2024-2025 officially underway
The latest edition of the Oyster World Rally – a fully supported, 16-month circumnavigation of the world – is officially underway. The 30-strong Oyster fleet departed Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua on 14 January 2024.
When the rally is complete, the fleet will have travelled 27,000 nautical miles and made 27 stopovers. Locations include the Galapagos, Cocos (Keeling Islands), Cape Town and Grenada.
"The trick to this rally is three things: resources, time and health," said owner of the 22.7-metre Oyster 725 Intrepid . "Those stars have to align and they won't line up forever. So, if you have a chance to put those three things together, then you've got to do it."
The Oyster fleet will meet again in Panama for their transit through the canal in mid-February. The three routes to Panama include travelling north via the British Virgin Islands, south via the Caribbean, or south west via the ABC Islands.
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World’s their oyster: Oyster World Rally preview
In january, 31 oyster yachts will set sail on the second edition of their world rally. emma bamford reports on the mounting excitement.
If you are in Antigua this January and have ever fancied having a close-up look at an Oyster yacht, you might want to head over to Nelson’s Dockyard.
You’ll be able to take your pick because there, assembled together en masse, will be the fleet about to take part in the next Oyster World Rally – dozens of British-made, high quality bluewater cruising yachts, from the babies to the granddaddies, all in one place.
The boatbuilder held its first rally for owners in 2013-14. Entry, naturally, requires ownership of an Oyster, and the fleet of 26 boats girdled the globe in a very pacey 15 months.
This January, the second rally will start but this time it will last, at 27 months, a full year longer and take in 19 countries.
The route has been divided into four parts: the Pacific islands; Australia and New Zealand; Asia; and the leg back to the Caribbean via South Africa. The four sections vary in length: the Pacific leg is six months, extended from about four last time to give people more chance to experience those remarkable islands.
“The excitement levels are rising and predictably small levels of anxiety are surfacing,” she said. “The dream of setting off on a circumnavigation is soon to become a reality and all the hard preparations that the fleet have been undergoing for the past few months will start to pay off.”
On your marks
Sarah continued: “One of our owners, Lenny Sackstein, of Oyster 54 Shalen , summed up the preparations in his own way the other day. He said: ‘There is so much to do in preparation, just reading the “bible” [Oyster’s guide for participants] takes a long time as this is information which must be used, so simple reading is not sufficient. Boat preparations, crew, cruising plans, marina stopovers, visitors’ visits, our return trips home, family, funds, fun, work – phew I thought this was going to be a holiday; it’s more like a PhD course!’”
Here the boats get a six-month break, waiting for the right weather to continue west. If they want to carry on exploring, rather than fly home, they can spend the time cruising the north and south islands.
“Sensibly you sail with the seasons, and taking the time to do this also explains why and how we have divided the voyage into the four parts.”
Bali stopover
The next five months will incorporate the Antipodean cruise, taking in Vanuatu, the northwest and north coasts of Australia and parts of Indonesia, with a stop-over in Bali in September 2018.
From there it’s the Passage Home, which sounds like a short hop but actually takes in half of the world: the Indian Ocean islands of Cocos Keeling, Mauritius and Reunion, then on to Durban and Cape Town for Christmas 2018, up to St Helena and Ascension in early 2019 and up and across the Atlantic to tie the knot in Antigua via Grenada in April.
At around £20,000 to enter, plus the obvious requirement to own an Oyster yacht, it’s perhaps not one for the budget conscious.
There is a charitable dimension to the rally, too – Oyster is partnering with the organisation Sea Mercy to deliver aid to remote communities in the South Pacific islands. Boat owners can buy eye-care kits containing 550 pairs of glasses to correct different types of vision and will be trained in how to dispense them. Another option is to buy packs of solar-powered lights to distribute. So far, 10 boats have signed up.
Nicky Manby will be sailing the rally with her husband Charles on Calliope , an Oyster 575.
She said: “The Oyster World Rally is a huge undertaking for us, and so far we have only committed to getting as far as New Zealand. I’m tempted by the Asian rally but a bit daunted by the section to South Africa! We have never sailed anything like this far before, though we loved the ARC in 2009.”
The Manbys will be joined by friends and neighbours from their London street for many of the stages and by their three children – Pippa, 31, Alex, 29, and Michael, 26 – when they have the time.
“I’m looking forward to really settling in and feeling the boat is our home for 10 months,” Nicky said.
“I am particularly looking forward to the Marquesas and the really remote atolls of French Polynesia where, in contrast to the Galapagos, our experience won’t be so ‘managed’ (understandably, but still…).”
Annie Longstaff is doing the whole rally double-handed with her husband Tom on 45ft Vela , apart from taking a crew member, Karen, for the Atlantic crossing.
Annie said: “This will be our first circumnavigation and it is something Tom and I have always wanted to do since getting our own yacht, as we love travelling.
“By joining the Oyster World Rally, rather than doing it ourselves or with other rally organisations, it gave us a unique opportunity to sail with only Oyster Yachts, to have the dedicated support of a technical Oyster team and to sail over an extended period through the Pacific islands, the jewel of any world rally. Obviously meeting like-minded owners and the camaraderie and new friendships we’d make along the way was an important part of our trip.
What Oyster is doing is giving its customers a “platform on which to build and fulfil their dreams”, says Sarah Harmer. From that foundation it’s up to them how they grow and develop individually as sailors and collectively as a fleet, supporting each other. But, spending so much time in close proximity and with the sense of a shared mission undoubtedly leads, as Annie hopes, to strong bonds being forged. “A sense of community grows,” Sarah says, as owners and crew “share their passion for adventure”.
And that, a passion for adventure and desire to see the world, is something that all bluewater cruisers can share and understand, whether they own a 26ft Westerly Centaur or an 88ft Oyster.
- Sailing Today is media partner of the Oyster World Rally 2017-19 ( oysterworldrally.com ), and will cover the rally’s progress online at sailingtoday.co.uk and in print. We will be holding a photo competition for participants.
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Thank you for registering your interest for the Oyster World Rally 2024-25! We are excited that you are interested in joining us for the voyage of a lifetime. You will shortly receive an email to confirm we have received your details and the World Rally team will be in touch soon with an Information Pack.
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