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Boats stream out of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, at the start of ARC+, bound for Cape Verde and Grenada. Paul Wyeth/Courtesy WCC

A huge crowd gathers at the breakwater in Gran Canaria to bid farewell to the yachts. One by one, boats from 26 nationalities file out of Las Palmas marina toward the start line at the north of the Spanish island. Crews dance and cheer, and the music changes from Queen to ABBA as Swedish yacht Dawnbreaker docks out to the blare of an Alpine horn.