2018 Golden Globe Race


The 2018 Golden Globe Race was an around-the-world sailing race which started on 1 July 2018 from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. The 2018 competition was the second edition and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the original Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. It featured yachts similar to those used at that time. Except for safety equipment, no modern technology was allowed.

Retro sailing

Entrants are limited to sailing similar yachts and equipment to what was available to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the winner of the original race in 1968–69. That means sailing without the use of modern technology such as satellite based navigation aids. Safety equipment such as EPIRBs and AIS are carried, however the competitors are only allowed to use the technology in an emergency.
Competitors could apply to have their class of boat approved, providing it was in accordance with the following rules:
Twenty-two classes were approved, with one exception to the rules made for a wood-epoxy Suhaili replica.

Route

The race started on 1 July 2018 in Les Sables-d'Olonne and will lead around the world eastward, leaving Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port. There will be several "film gates" along the route, where the skippers can be interviewed as they sail past without stopping and where they can pass over films and letters.

Entrants

18 entrants from 13 different countries who entered the race. Of those, six chose the class-compliant but relatively modern Rustler 36. A further 17 had expressed interest but never started.
SailorYachtType
Abhilash TomyThuriyaSuhaili replica
Antoine CousotMétier Intérim
Are WiigOlleanna
Ertan BeskardesLazy OtterRustler 36
Francesco Cappelletti007
Gregor McGuckinHanley Energy Endurance
Igor ZaretskiyEsmeralda
Istvan KoparPuffin
Jean-Luc Van Den HeedeMatmutRustler 36
Kevin FarebrotherSagarmatha
Loïc LepageLaaland
Mark John SinclairCoconut
Mark SlatsOhpen MaverickRustler 36
Nabil AmraLiberty II
Philippe PéchéPRBRustler 36
Susie GoodallDHL StarlightRustler 36
Tapio LehtinenAsteria
Uku RandmaaOne and AllRustler 36

TypeEntrantsFinishedHull speed *Sail area/displacement ratio
Rustler 36636.713.4
Biscay 36306.914.6
Tradewind 35215.812.3
Endurance 35206.416.8
Benello Gaia 36116.414.0
Lello 34107.513.4
Nicholson 32106.114.3
OE32107.413.8
Suhaili replica106.614.7

* Adjusted for displacement per Dave Gerr's formula

The race

The race started at 10:00 GMT on 1 July 2018, with the competitors passing a rolling gate between the Suhaili and the Joshua, two yachts that competed in the 1968 race. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who sailed on the Suhaili and won that race, fired the starting cannon.
Of the 18 entrants, Francesco Cappelletti did not start the race and officially withdrew on 5 July. He plans to sail around the world independently and the race organisers are tracking his progress. Ertan Beskardes retired on 5 July, after deciding that being unable to communicate with his family removed the enjoyment from the race. Kevin Farebrother retired on 15 July at the Canary Islands mark, after becoming disillusioned by solo sailing and lack of sleep. Two days later, Nabil Amra retired at the same area on 17 July due to broken windvane gear. Antoine Cousot stopped at the Canary islands to repair his windvane gear, demoting him to the 'Chichester' class. Istvan Kopar put in to the Cape Verde islands on 23 July, planning to replace his windvane, but in the event proceeded without assistance.
Antoine Cousot retired at the end of August due to a broken windvane and injuries. Philippe Péché made one stop on 11 August following the failure of his tiller, but retired from the race two weeks later on 25 August.
Are Wiig was dismasted on 17 August 400 nautical miles off Cape Town.
Abhilash Tomy was dismasted and injured on 22 September. Gregor McGuckin elected to abandon his boat after being dismasted and was rescued with Abhilash.
On 5 December 2018, Susie Goodall's boat was pitch-poled, dismasted, and swamped during a storm while in the Southern Ocean around west of Cape Horn. She was rescued by the cargo ship Tian Fu on 7 December.

Golden Globe Race 2022

will have 20 entrants in the Suhaili class and 10 entries in the Joshua Class. The events start in a UK port on 26 July 2022 when GGR entrants assemble ahead of a SITraN Challenge Race bound for a port in France, starting on Sunday 31 July 2022. The GGR Race Village will open in France on 6 August 2022. The Golden Globe Race will start from a port in France on Sunday 21 August 2022. This date commemorates the anniversary of Bernard Moitessier setting off in the original Sunday Times Golden Globe on 22 August 1968.
The 2022 race has attracted 22 entrants from 12 countries. There are 7 British, 3 Australian, 2 France, 2 American, 2 South African, 1 Austria, 1 Canada, 1 Irish, 1 Italy, 1 Malta, 1 New Zealand and 1 Norway.
SailorYachtType
1Arnaud Gaistprénom Feï of ShanghaïBarbican 33 MKII
2Daniel GattZazuelaBiscay 36
3Doug Dean JohnsonOne and AllRustler 36
4Ertan BeskardesLazy OtterRustler 36
5Gaurav ShindeGood Hope
6Guido CantiniHannah of CowesVancouver 34
7Guy deBoerKeys SpiritTashiba 36
8Guy WaitesSagarmathaTradewind 35
9Ian Herbert JonesPuffinTradewind 35
10Jeremy Bagshaw
11John ClarkeSkyeblueNicholson 32 MKX
12Kirsten Neuschäfer
13Matthew Wright
14Michael DateHarmonyAries 32
15Michael DaveyDream CatcherCape Dory 36
16Mike SmithPingoSuhaili Replica
17Michael GuggenbergerMIZZIEndurance 35
18Pat LawlessFulmarSaga 36
19Robin DavieC’est La VieRustler 36
20Simon CurwenClarabelleBiscay 36
21 Tapio LehtinenAsteria
22 ConfidentialConfidentialConfidential
23 ConfidentialConfidentialConfidential

*Rest of the entrants are confidential