The 22 boats in the Atlantic Odyssey took the start from Santa Cruz de Tenerife at 1100 local time on Saturday 19 November.
They are currently on their way to Barbados, in addition to the 33 that had left from the Cape Verde Islands ten days ago.
- For more photographs of the start take a look at this Facebook album: Atlantic Odyssey 2016 start
- You can follow the progress of the boats on the event’s tracking map.
The Atlantic Odyssey is sponsored by Barbados Tourism Marketing and Tenerife Port Authority.