500 NM Cruising Experience

Crew entries

Modest Sailing Fees

What you get for your money

How to apply

Trade Winds USA 2001
| Home | USA 2001 | Essential Info | Itinerary | Associates | Latest News | RAFYC |

500 NM Cruising Experience

Skippers must have completed a non stop passage of at least 500 nautical miles.

Crew entries

A register of individual crew members wishing to take part in the Rally will be maintained and made available to Skippers on request. A registration fee of £25 will be charged to discourage frivolous applications.

Modest Sailing Fees

The fees for the Rally will be as follows:

Booking Fee: £500
Entrance Fee: £1,500
Crew Fees: £100 (*)

(*) Per crew member, other than the Skipper and Mate, up to the maximum number carried on any leg of the voyage.
The entrance fee will be adjusted pro rata for yachts intending to join the fleet for only part of the twelve month voyage.

What you get for your money

  • Daily HF Radio safety net
  • On passage weather reports
  • Web site with information of particular interest to relations and friends
  • Advisory routing and other information
  • Advice re local regulations and formalities
  • Advance liaison with local Clubs en route
  • Social events at principal stop overs
  • Receipt and distribution of mail
  • UK support, where necessary, to source spares etc.
  • Trade discounts

How to apply

Contact David Mackie at the address below for an application form.


| Home | USA 2001 | Essential Info | Itinerary | Associates | Latest News | RAFYC |

Trade Winds Cruising Rallies Ltd., RAFYC, Riverside House, Rope Walk, Hamble, Southampton SO31 4HD. ENGLAND
Telephone: +44(0)23 8045 2208 Fax: +44(0)23 8045 8001

© Copyright 2000, H.Berry and Royal Air Force Yacht Club. All rights reserved.