Passage from St Maarten to UK on Class 40 – Rock’n’Roll

Cost

£1,800 per leg

Event dates

What's included

The price includes professional skipper, all boat costs and food when sailing. Additional costs include flights, transfers, meals and accommodation ashore and personal insurance.

What to expect

Join the crew of Class 40, Rock n Roll for the chance to cross the Atlantic. Head from the Caribbean to the Azores for leg 1 and either disembark or join leg 2 from Azores to UK.

The crew will be operate a watch system, usually 4hr shifts with shorter shifts from 16.00-18.00 and 18.00-20.00 to ensure that you are not always on watch at the same time of day/night. Offshore yacht sailing can be difficult, and every crew member must fully acknowledge their physical condition and experience and take responsibility for all their actions on the boat.

Itinerary

Leg 1 – 10th March to 19th March 2025 St Maarten – Horta, Azores, approx 1800nm
Leg 2 – 22nd March to 30th March 2024 Horta, Azores – Gosport, UK, approx 1800nm.

Crew information

Afanasy is a highly experienced offshore sailor, having completed more than 150,000nm. Afanasy has extensive experience in ocean crossing and racing with amateur crew and is a commercially endorsed yacht master offshore. He used to own a 80′ maxi, which he skippered around the world, including 2 Caribbean and a Mediterranean season, the Cape Town to Rio race, the Transpac and the Sydney Hobart. Onboard Rock’n’Roll Afanasy has competed in 2 Rolex Fastnet Races and many other local races.

Prerequisite experience

Previous sailing experience and a good level of fitness is required.

Where

Leg 1, St Maarten – Horta, Azores
Leg 2, Horta, Azores – Gosport, UK

Accommodation

Bunks

Passage from St Maarten to UK on Class 40 – Rock’n’Roll

Class 40 – Rock’n’Roll

The Class40 is a monohull ocean-oriented racing yacht which has been increasing in popularity in the past 15 years. Now regarded as one of the most exciting classes to be involved with, due to it high performance and the boats longevity of performance. Whilst the class progresses with new technologies and designs, class rules regulate the speed of growth to...