YACHTING-SAFRICA-CAPE2RIO

Yachts sail out of Table Bay at the start of the Cape to Rio yacht race off the coast of Cape Town on January 1, 2017. The yachts are competing in the Cape2Rio race -- a 5,600-km (3,500-mile) adventure across the South Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro. A total of 28 yachts will take part in the race, which mixes professional sailors with enthusiastic amateurs on a testing continent-to-continent passage. / AFP / Rodger BOSCH (Photo credit should read RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)