The World ARC is a mix of cruising in company and free time to explore.  There are also longer free cruising periods that allow participants to fly home for work or family, or to travel further by air; for example to Easter Island, New Zealand or Madagascar.

Route: First Half from Saint Lucia

Month	Details	Miles
January	Saint Lucia to San Blas, Panama	1100NM
	Cruise San Blas Islands
	Transit Panama Canal
February	Las Perlas to Galapagos	850 NM
	Cruise Galapagos
March	Galapagos to Hiva Oa, Marquesas	2980 NM
	Cruise French Polynesia
April	Tahiti rendezvous
	Cruise Society Islands
May	Bora Bora to Suwarrow	690 NM
	Suwarrow to Niue	540 NM
	Niue to Vava'u, Tonga	230 NM
June	Cruise Tonga and Fiji
July	Fiji to Tanna, Vanuatu	450 NM
	Cruise Vanuatu
	Port Vila, Vanuatu to Mackay, Australia	1150 NM
August	Cruise the Great Barrier Reef

Route: Second Half from Australia

Month	Details	Miles
September	Darwin to Lombok	945 NM
	Lombok to Cocos (Keeling)	1150 NM
October	Cocos to Mauritius	2350 NM
	Mauritius to Reunion	130 NM
November	Reunion to Richards Bay, South Africa	1370 NM
	Cruise South Africa
January	Cape Town - Namibia - St Helena - Salvador, Brazil	785+1215+1900 NM
February	Cruise Brazil
March	(TBC) Brazil to St George's, Grenada	1700 NM
	Cruise Windward Islands
April	Final prize giving in Saint Lucia