Enrique Curt regretted that 'how in Spain, where there are hundreds of ships that could make this Atlantic route, and thousands of sailors who dream of making this jump, there are no more ships to participate in this test, which is the only Spanish to reach the Caribbean from a Spanish port' (Photo Alfred Farré)

Multudinary meeting of Atlantic sailors who intend to cross the ocean next January from Marina Rubicón to the Marine du Marin on the island of Martinique (Caribbean). A meeting that has taken place in the Nautical Hall of Barcelona, which has served to give the gunshot out to the preparations for the next Atlantic crossing and where many of the attendees are veterans on this journey and they have taken advantage to meet again and welcome those who will first make, know and exchange views and experiences.

All are waiting to take the Atlantic leap through the Alisios, which will take place on January 8, to cover the route between Lanzarote (Canary Islands) and Martinique, with passage through Mindelo (Cape Verde Islands).

The 2020 edition of the Grand Prix of the Atlantic has important news, as reported by the regatta director Enrique Curt, who noted that thanks to the collaboration of the association of ocean navigators' Friends of the Atlantic 'this edition takes on new personality.'It will not be a strict race, but an authentic trastlatic raid that from the island of Lanzarote, will also stand out in the islands of Cape Verde, in the port of Mindelo, before taking the direct flow of the alisians and setting a course for Martinique'.

This raid-type journey philosophy has been very well received by the participants, which is limited to a maximum of 20 boats.

In the list of registered ones are the sailboats, Islay de Arturo Sotos (Oceanis 47), the Hh3 Havana of Manuel Hernández Nicolás (Bavaria 50), the Galatea of Agustín Gutiérrez (Amel 54), the Vagabundo of Juan Antonio Martín (Oceanis 34), the Itaca of José Sayos (Dufour 405), the Sequinoqui of Paco Costa (Sun Odyssey 54DS), the Sinead of Jesús Pérez (Amel 52), the Ananda Dos of Luis (Puebla), and the Vel Vel Val of the Val of the Val of the Val of the Val of the Val of the Val.