{"id":12808,"date":"2019-11-25T15:38:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/?p=12808"},"modified":"2019-12-06T11:56:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:56:46","slug":"salty-dawgs-make-landfall-in-the-2019-fall-rally-to-the-caribbean-and-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/salty-dawgs-make-landfall-in-the-2019-fall-rally-to-the-caribbean-and-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Salty Dawgs Make Landfall in the 2019\u00a0Fall Rally to the Caribbean and Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The nonprofit Salty Dawg\u2122 Sailing Association (SDSA) hosted its ninth Fall Rally to the Caribbean with 69 boats participating. Monohulls made up 67% of the fleet, but the 23 multihulls taking part in the rally made this the\u00a0largest fleet of multihulls ever to depart the U.S. in an organized event!<\/p>\n

Captains in this year\u2019s rally, which departed Hampton, VA on November 2, could choose from two arrival ports\u2014Antigua or Eleuthera, Bahamas. Both locations welcomed the sailors with open arms and a week or more of planned activities. These \u201cSafe Arrival\u201d celebrations honored everyone\u2019s offshore accomplishments with happy hours, yacht club receptions, an official Safe Arrival Dinner and much more.<\/p>\n

Twelve boats made landfall in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas or nearby, after heading offshore and across the Gulf Stream. Most made the trip in 4-to-5 days. Pink sand beaches, welcoming marinas, safe anchorages and world class diving all awaited. Planned activities included dinners, a raft up and BBQ, beach days, a pool party, and a \u201cbar crawl.\u201d A local pilot guided the boats through Devil\u2019s Backbone, Eleuthera\u2019s most infamous reef. This was the first time that Eleuthera hosted the Salty Dawgs.<\/p>\n

The majority of the fleet pointed their bows to the beautiful Caribbean island of Antigua where, for the third year, the locals rolled out the red carpet for rally participants. Along with \u201cSafe Arrival\u201d dinners and happy hours, crews of this year\u2019s rally were welcomed at the National Sailing Academy, the Antigua Yacht Club and Admirals\u2019 Inn. North Sails held an Open House at their loft and the Royal Navy Tot Club of Antigua and Barbuda hosted an evening get-together. Other celebratory events included a beach party at Nelson\u2019s Dockyard with dinghy races, rum punch and a potluck.<\/p>\n

The boats in this year\u2019s rally hailed from seven different countries and ranged in size from 30-70\u2019 with the majority in the 40-49\u2019 range. There were 10 kids aboard six different vessels and plenty of family-friendly events made this rally special for them. Crews ranged in age from 5 to 81 years. A third of the rally participants were female.<\/p>\n

An amazing 42% of sailors in this year\u2019s rally had participated in a previous Salty Dawg rally, coming back for the fun and camaraderie that a SDSA rally provides.<\/p>\n

Salty Dawg boats that had spent hurricane season in the southern Caribbean were welcome to join up with the rally boats in Antigua to enjoy all of the planned activities. Many of them will consider sailing back to the U.S. in the SDSA\u2019s Spring Rally to the U.S., which will depart in early May of 2020.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>For more information and to join the Salty Dawg Sailing Association, visit the SDSA website at\u00a0www.saltydawgsailing.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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