2018 Golden Globe Race

2018 Golden Globe Race

Event Title
Edition	2nd
Event Details
Venue	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Dates	1 July 2018 – May 2019
Yachts	'Retro' fibreglass 32-36ft
Competitors
Competitors	18
Results
Gold	Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
Silver	Mark Slats
Bronze	Uku Randmaa
← 1968 2022 →

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,^[1] no modern technology was allowed.^[2][3]

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.^[2] Safety equipment such as EPIRBs and AIS are carried, however the competitors are only allowed to use the technology in an emergency.^[1]

Competitors could apply to have their class of boat approved, providing it was in accordance with the following rules:^[1]

• 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 32 to 36 feet (9.8 to 11.0 m). 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 of 6,200 kilograms (13,700 lb)

Twenty-two classes were approved, with one exception to the rules made for a wood-epoxy Suhaili replica (the Suhaili being the yacht that Knox-Johnston sailed in 1968).^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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

* 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[7] 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^[when?] to repair his windvane gear, demoting him to the 'Chichester' class (one stop). Istvan Kopar put in to the Cape Verde islands on 23 July, planning to replace his windvane, but in the event proceeded without assistance.^{[citation needed]}

Antoine Cousot retired at the end of August due to a broken windvane and injuries. Philippe Péché made one stop ('Chichester' class) on 11 August following the failure of his tiller, but retired from the race two weeks later on 25 August.^{[citation needed]}

Are Wiig was dismasted on 17 August 400 nautical miles off Cape Town.^[8]

Abhilash Tomy was dismasted and injured on 22 September.^[9] 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 (flipped end-over-end), dismasted, and swamped during a storm while in the Southern Ocean around 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) west of Cape Horn. She was rescued by the cargo ship Tian Fu on 7 December.^[10][11][12]

Sailor	Cape of Good Hope	Storm Bay Tasmania gate	Cape Horn	Finish
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede	23 August	5 October	23 November	29 January
Mark Slats	27 August	21 October	2 December	31 January
Uku Randmaa	31 August	27 October	19 December	10 March
Istvan Kopar	9 September	4 November	1 January	21 March
Tapio Lehtinen	9 September	7 November	6 February	19 May
Retired (in order of retirement)
Francesco Cappelletti	Did not start, officially retired 5 July 2018
Ertan Beskardes	Retired on 5 July 2018 due to inability to communicate with his family. Put in to A Coruña.
Kevin Farebrother	Retired on 15 July 2018, 'disillusioned by solo sailing and lack of sleep'
Nabil Amra	Retired on 17 July 2018 due to broken windvane, put in to Tenerife
Antoine Cousot	Retired on 24 August 2018 due to broken windvane and injuries
Philippe Péché	Retired on 25 August 2018 due to broken windvane, put in to Cape Town
Are Wiig	Retired on 27 August 2018 after capsizing and dismasting while repairing his windvane
Abhilash Tomy	Retired on 24 September 2018 after dismasting near Île Amsterdam
Gregor McGuckin	Retired on 24 September 2018 after dismasting near Île Amsterdam
Loïc Lepage	Retired on 21 October 2018 after dismasting 600 miles south-west of Perth (was already in 'Chichester' class)
Susie Goodall	Retired on 5 December 2018 after dismasting 2000 miles west of the southern tip of South America
Mark John Sinclair	Retired on 12 December 2018, put in to Adelaide on 5 December for haulout due to severe barnacle/mussel growth, but concerned he would reach Cape Horn too late in the season.
Igor Zaretskiy	Retired

Golden Globe Race 2022[]

2022 Golden Globe Race

Event Title
Edition	3nd
Event Details
Venue	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Dates	Sept 2022
Yachts	'Retro' fibreglass 32-36ft
Competitors
Competitors	20
← 2018

The 2022 edition of the Golden Globe Race 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.^[13]

The 2022 race has attracted 22 entrants from 12 countries. There are 7 British, 3 Australian, 2 French, 2 American, 2 South African, 1 Austria, 1 Canada, 1 Irish, 1 Italia , 1 Maltese, 1 New Zealander and 1 Norwegian.

	Sailor	Yacht	Type
1	Arnaud Gaist	prénom Feï of Shanghaï	Barbican 33 MKII (Long Keel Version)
2	Daniel Gatt	Zazuela	Biscay 36
3	Doug Dean Johnson	One and All	Rustler 36
4	Ertan Beskardes	Lazy Otter	Rustler 36
5	Gaurav Shinde	Good Hope	Flying Dutchman/Baba 35
6	Guido Cantini	Hannah of Cowes	Vancouver 34
7	Guy deBoer	Keys Spirit	Tashiba 36
8	Guy Waites	Sagarmatha	Tradewind 35
9	Ian Herbert Jones	Puffin	Tradewind 35
10	Jeremy Bagshaw
11	John Clarke	Skyeblue	Nicholson 32 MKX
12	Kirsten Neuschäfer
13	Matthew Wright
14	Michael Date	Harmony	Aries 32
15	Michael Davey	Dream Catcher	Cape Dory 36
16	Mike Smith	Pingo	Suhaili Replica
17	Michael Guggenberger	MIZZI	Endurance 35
18	Pat Lawless	Fulmar	Saga 36
19	Robin Davie	C’est La Vie	Rustler 36
20	Simon Curwen	Clarabelle	Biscay 36
21	Tapio Lehtinen	Asteria	Gaia 36
22	Confidential	Confidential	Confidential
23	Confidential	Confidential	Rustler 36

*Rest of the entrants are confidential^[14]

External links[]

• Official website

References[]