Skip to main content
GCF
Sign up

Cruising areas

A guide for each cruising area and for the Atlantic crossing, with the passages open in it.

Areas

  • Balearic IslandsWhen people sail the Balearic Islands, the routes they use, entry rules to check and open passages and crew, with sources and the day we checked.
  • Canary IslandsThe Canary Islands as a base and as the start of Atlantic crossings: season, marinas, entry rules to check, and open passages and crew, with sources.
  • CaribbeanThe Caribbean cruising season and hurricane season, the usual routes, rallies that finish there, and open passages and crew, with sources.
  • AdriaticThe Adriatic sailing season, the usual coast and island routes, the Croatian formalities to check, and open passages and crew, with sources.
  • Western MediterraneanThe Western Mediterranean season, the mistral, the usual routes between Spain, France, Corsica and Sardinia, and open passages and crew, with sources.
  • English ChannelThe settled sailing months in the English Channel, the usual passages to France, the UK and Schengen formalities to check, and open passages and crew.
  • BalticOpen sailing passages and crew in the Baltic, and the sources we read but could not confirm, so this page states no season, route or entry rule.
  • South PacificThe South Pacific cyclone season and safe cruising months, usual routes from the Americas, French Polynesia entry rules to check, and open passages and crew.
  • Atlantic crossingThe Atlantic crossing: the usual season and duration, the rallies that sail it, entry rules to check, and open passages, with sources and the day we checked.