Atlantic Challenge USA
Dylan Ladds, 2018
Join us!
There are two active Bantry Bay gig programs in the US. They are open to the public and located in:
Belfast, Maine –– Join us aboard LOYAUTÉ for a weekly row or sail from May-October. Check out the schedule at ComeBoating! Or join a singing row with Bennett Konesni at worksongs.org and Tacoma, Washington –– Please visit the VERITÉ Facebook page
ATLANTIC CHALLENGE is an international network of community rowing and sailing programs in 38 ft. Bantry Bay gigs designed to provide opportunities for personal and group development. Atlantic Challenge is also an international Contest of Seamanship hosted every two years by an AC member country where teams convene for a week to showcase their maritime skills, and create an international community in the spirit of friendly competition.
ATLANTIC CHALLENGE was started in 1984 by Lance Lee of the USA and Benard Cadoret of France, as a way to bring young adults of different cultures together for a friendly Contest of Seamanship, and as a way to revive traditional small craft activity on both sides of the Atlantic. The first Contest of Seamanship was held in New York City in 1986 between France and the US. Now there are 16 nations involved with more than 80 gigs built in the last 30 years.
There are two active Bantry Bay gig programs in the US. They are open to the public and located in:
Belfast, Maine –– Join us aboard LOYAUTÉ for a weekly row or sail from May-October. Check out the schedule at ComeBoating! Or join a singing row with Bennett Konesni at worksongs.org and Tacoma, Washington –– Please visit the VERITÉ Facebook page
ATLANTIC CHALLENGE is an international network of community rowing and sailing programs in 38 ft. Bantry Bay gigs designed to provide opportunities for personal and group development. Atlantic Challenge is also an international Contest of Seamanship hosted every two years by an AC member country where teams convene for a week to showcase their maritime skills, and create an international community in the spirit of friendly competition.
ATLANTIC CHALLENGE was started in 1984 by Lance Lee of the USA and Benard Cadoret of France, as a way to bring young adults of different cultures together for a friendly Contest of Seamanship, and as a way to revive traditional small craft activity on both sides of the Atlantic. The first Contest of Seamanship was held in New York City in 1986 between France and the US. Now there are 16 nations involved with more than 80 gigs built in the last 30 years.