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 in 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.[1][2]
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.[1] Competitors could apply to have their class of boat approved, providing it was in accordance with the following rules:[3]
- 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.[4]
Route
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.[5]
Entrants
As of May 2018, there are 18 entrants from 13 different countries who intend 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.[6]
| Sailor | Yacht | Type |
|---|---|---|
 Abhilash Tomy |
Thuriya | Suhaili replica |
 Antoine Cousot |
Viscaya | 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 |
Silver Heels | Tradewind 35 |
| Loïc Lepage |
Laaland | Nicholson 32 |
| Mark John Sinclair |
Coconut | Lello 34 |
 Mark Slats |
Maverick | Rustler 36 |
 Nabil Amra |
Ele May | Biscay 36 |
| Philippe Péché |
Grégal | 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 |
External links
References
- ^ a b "Stepping back to the Golden Age of solo sailing". goldengloberace.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ "Golden Globe 2018 Race round the world is set to recreate a 'totally retro' era of epic adventure". yachtingworld.com. 2015-04-22.
- ^ "The Rules". Golden Globe Race. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Golden Globe Race 2018-19 Notice of race" (PDF). Golden Globe Race. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Route and Course map". goldengloberace.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ "Skippers 2018". goldengloberace.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.