ARC 2016 – Tracking Challenger 3 During the Race

It’s a race and it’s about to begin!

ARC 2016 excitement is building for both the crew and those of us willing them on from home or work. You can following every move of Challenger 3 and her main competitors Challenger 2 and Challenger 4 using this tracking device.

All yachts in the ARC Rally are tracked using the Yellowbrick tracker. It works anywhere on Earth and ‘wakes up’ every 15 minutes to obtain a position using the GPS satellite network and then transmits that position back to an online map, which you will be glued to for the next two weeks.

Two Ways to Track Challenger 3 in ARC 2016

The route of the ARC Rally 2016

• The map above shows you the route where the Challengers will be taking.


• If you’re using two monitors you might like to use this pop-out function and view it in a second window.


• Or you can go the source at World Cruisng
• The map below shows you where the Challengers are right now (19th Nov 2016)

You can also get updates on our Facebook page and take a peek at our Twitter account.

The Challengers in Las Palmas before ARC Rally 2016

Tips for Using the Map

As you can see in the map above the best tip is to favourite the ships you are following. Once we are three days in you’ll find that the ships have become surprisingly widespread and if you have the three Challengers favourited you’ll be able to find them quickly.

For those familiar with Google Maps then the map will be quite familiar. The tools across the top are worth studying as they can help you swiftly move to highlighted areas in the race.

After a couple of visits, you’ll be an old hand and spending many happy ‘tea breaks’, early morning and late evening watching the FCS crew’s progress.

ARC 2017 and the Atlantic Challenge

Booking is already open for 2017’s race from the Canaries to the Caribbean, but you might also be interested to know that we have two other adventures that will add greatly to your sailing experience. We’re calling this the Atlantic Challenge and if you have the spare time it will be quite a voyage! Click here to find out all the details.

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