Whether the SDSA Downeast Rally is part of your preparation for longer offshore passages, a great summer get-away, or an opportunity to extend your coastal cruising experience with new friends, you’ll love the experiences, smells, and sights the  Downeast Rally provides.  New England is known for fresh seafood, rugged shorelines, and quaint, historic towns.

This rally provides Captains with Atlantic Ocean sailing, visiting new ports, entering busy Atlantic ports, planning for the currents and tides of those entrances, planning the best time to transit considering current, and finally enjoying Maine.  Local knowledge from Salty Dawgs is provided at pre-departure briefings to assist in your passage and in planning your summer cruising in New England and Maine. The Rally objective is to get to Rockland, in the heart of “Downeast Maine” as safely as possible, without any challenging overnight navigation of the Cape Cod Canal and entry and exit of challenging ports.

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