Well we just ran past the Two Years to Go! mark of the 50th Anniversary edition of the Golden Globe Race. It has been a very interesting and hectic six months since the London GGR conference and we are about to enter an exciting new phase of Race preparation. A few months ago we shut […]
There is just one Golden Globe Race entry not yet claimed. In just a few short weeks, 24 unique sailors have thrown their hat in the ring for something special! They will be part of history and re-live what was the birth of solo around the world yacht racing in a way that has not […]
IT was exciting to receive 50 expressions of interest to compete in the first 6 weeks of announcing the 2018 Golden Globe Race and we now we have 18 paid up Provisional Entries just one month after applications opened. This is an unheard of response to any solo around the world yacht race and there are […]
Entries are rolling in and we may have a new TAG line. Discover it below. Yesterday I received an email from an entrant with an interesting question and thought I would share the exchange….. Don, Friends often ask me “how big the event is going to be”…my god…difficult to say at this early stage. So […]
I have had a few applicants wanting desperately to take digital cameras on the Golden Globe Race. I thought you may all like to know why we will use film. A few think film is too hard and there are no modern film cameras around, or film is challenging to buy and process, hard to […]
It’s just four weeks since the launch of the Golden Globe. Much has happened in this short time and the news has bounced around the globe yet still today, I received another intent to compete from a young French Class Mini sailor who only heard of the race yesterday. The weeks ahead will prove interesting […]
It has been a hectic first week following the official launch of the 2018 Golden Globe Race. The story has gone viral on yachting web sites around the world and is yet to make the print editions. The launch video has had over 4000 views and I have received too many emails from over 50 […]
Hi There, I am excited to release all the details about the Golden Globe Race 2018. The countdown to the launch of the 2018 Golden Globe Race is just about over and then it’s the countdown to the start in Falmouth. Every good adventure should have an unknown outcome and so too does this Golden […]