 Tourism and health officials are rolling out a thorough plan for the management of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers once participants arrive at the IGI Rodney B. Marina in early December. Hermadi Mark breaks down the processes in place. Strict protocols are being announced by the St Lucia Tourism Authority and the events company of St Lucia, guided by the Ministry of Health for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, ARC. Plans to manage the arrival, testing and screening process were outlined at a media walkthrough at the Vence venue, the IGI Rodney B. Marina. Participants were mandated to arrive in Las Palmas no less than one week prior to the scheduled departure. They went through mandatory PCR testing and remained in isolation until living Las Palmas. Participants were also briefed on St Lucia's strict protocols and information on each participant will be handed to the Ministry of Health prior to their arrival in St Lucia. Valon Shamor is an environmental health officer with the Port Health Department of the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Upon entry to St Lucia, persons are screened by the Port Health team. The nurses will do the necessary checks and ensure that persons are COVID-free basically. If the information presented to the Ministry of Health shows any anomalies, the vessel in question will be asked to remain on anchor on the bay and the issue will be addressed there. The average ARC participant will spend an average of 21 days in isolation on their way to St Lucia. The general manager for the IGI Rodney B. Marina, Chandevo, explains the protocols for vessels in the racing class. We have designated a dock which we'll walk around to show you which is J-Dock and that dock is the quarantine dock. So for example for a vessel that is going to arrive in 12 days, the balance of their quarantine must be done at the dock where they will not be allowed to get off the boat, they will not be allowed to walk down the dock or anything else. Provisions have been put in place by the sponsors and the tenants of the marina to make deliveries to the vessel but again those deliveries are done at a distance where the items are placed on the deck of the boat and those on board and the delivery supplier are distanced more than 40 feet apart because it's the length of the boat. When on quarantine those clients will be placed with a red band by the port health for the duration of their quarantine period. Participants will be given blue bands at the end of the process to indicate that they have completed their final quarantine period from the Government Information Service, Hermione Mark reporting.