AZAB 2011

Entries are invited for the 2011 Azores and back race run by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club from Falmouth.

The number of paid up entries has now reached the limit of 100. The race committee will continue to accept entry forms and deposits and will place these boats on a Waiting List. As and when entrants drop out, their names will be transferred from the waiting list to the entry list. Applicants who do not succeed in obtaining a place in the race will have their deposit refunded.

The race is open to monohull yachts with a length overall from 9m to 18.5m.

The course covers just less than 2500 miles of ocean, approximately 1220 miles on each leg.

Open to single and double handed crews and held over a 45 day period, the yachts usually take seven to ten days to complete each leg allowing a week or so to relax and restock for the return passage.

The Azores archipelago is an ideal destination - distant enough to provide a real challenge within a four to six week time-limit and to be pleasantly "foreign" on arrival, with a course clear of major shipping lanes.