2018 Golden Globe Race

2018 Golden Globe Race

Event title
Edition	2nd
Event details
Venue	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Dates	1 July 2018 – Summer 2019
Yachts	'Retro' fibreglass 32-36ft
Competitors
Competitors	22
← 1968

The 2018 Golden Globe Race will be a sailing race around the world to start on 1 July 2018 from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. The race will start fifty years after the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and will feature yachts similar to those used at that time, with no modern technology allowed.

Retro sailing

Entrants are limited to sailing similar yachts and equipment to what was available to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in the original race in 1968–69. That means sailing without modern technology or benefit of satellite based navigation aids. Competitors could apply to have their class of boat approved, providing it was in accordance with the following rules:

• Of fibre reinforced plastic construction.
• Designed prior to 1988 and have a minimum series of 20 yachts built from one mould.
• Have a hull length of between 32ft and 36ft. Bowsprits, wind vanes and outboard rudders, boomkins, pushpits and pulpits are not measured.
• Have full-length keels with rudders attached to the trailing edge.
• A minimum design displacement is 6,200kg.

Twenty-two classes were approved, with one exception to the rules made for a wood-epoxy Suhaili replica.

Route

The route of the Golden Globe Race

The race will start 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

There are 18 entrants from 13 different countries who are going to participate in the race. Of those, six have chosen the class compliant but relatively modern Rustler 36. A further 17 had expressed interest but subsequently retired.

Sailor	Yacht	Type
Abhilash Tomy	Thuriya	Suhaili replica
Antoine Cousot	Métier Intérim	Biscay 36
Are Wiig	Olleanna	OE 32
Ertan Beskardes	Lazy Otter	Rustler 36
Francesco Cappelletti	007	Endurance 35
Gregor McGuckin	Hanley Energy Endurance	Biscay 36
Igor Zaretskiy	Esmeralda	Endurance 35
Istvan Kopar	Puffin	Tradewind 35
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede	Matmut	Rustler 36
Kevin Farebrother	Sagarmatha	Tradewind 35
Loïc Lepage	Laaland	Nicholson 32
Mark John Sinclair	Coconut	Lello 34
Mark Slats	Ohpen Maverick	Rustler 36
Nabil Amra	Liberty II	Biscay 36
Philippe Péché	PRB	Rustler 36
Susie Goodall	DHL Starlight	Rustler 36
Tapio Lehtinen	Asteria	Benello Gaia 36
Uku Randmaa	One and All	Rustler 36

Type	Number
Rustler 36	6
Biscay 36	3
Tradewind 35	2
Endurance 35	2
Benello Gaia 36	1
Lello 34	1
Nicholson 32	1
OE32	1
Suhaili replica	1

The race

The race started as planned at 10:00 GMT on the 1st July 2018, with the competitors passing a rolling gate between Robin Knox-Johnston's Suhaili and Bernard Moitessier's Joshua, two veterans of the 1968 race, with Sir Robin firing the starting cannon on Suhaili. Francis Chichester's Gipsy Moth IV was also in the starting regatta. Of the 18 entrants, only Francesco Cappelletti failed to make the start line, but hopes to make the 7th July deadline.

Sailor	Start	Canary Islands mark	Cape Verde Islands mark	Storm Bay Tasmania gate	Falkland Islands mark	Finish
Abhilash Tomy	00:00
Antoine Cousot	00:00
Are Wiig	00:00
Ertan Beskardes	00:00
Francesco Cappelletti	DNS (as of 1/7/18)
Gregor McGuckin	00:00
Igor Zaretskiy	00:00
Istvan Kopar	00:00
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede	00:00
Kevin Farebrother	00:00
Loïc Lepage	00:00
Mark John Sinclair	00:00
Mark Slats	00:00
Nabil Amra	00:00
Philippe Péché	00:00
Susie Goodall	00:00
Tapio Lehtinen	00:00
Uku Randmaa	00:00

External links

Official website