Golden Globe Race added 3 new photos.

2 hours ago

INSPIRING SINCE 1968...Message just received from MARK PETERSON...Just wanted to share the attached to show the original Race and the new Race is inspiring people.

In Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, there is a Carnival Week every year with various races, prizes and competitions. One of the competitions is for "Best Dressed House".

The attached photographs are of my neighbour's house in Yarmouth where the family have dressed the whole house this week as a GGR map of the World , with the 5 continents on the 4 windows and door of the house. Incidents from the 1968 Race are marked on the map . There are quotes from Knox Johnson, his 1960's provisions on the pavement and details of the #GGR2018..... love the way the old and the new race are inspiring people. Brilliant. :) ... See MoreSee Less

Golden Globe Race added 2 new photos.

1 day ago

🇲🇫️ FRENCH LANGUAGE REPORT 17/08/2018 #GGR2018

« Et voilà que l'anticyclone veut me revoir ! »...JEAN-LUC VAN DEN HEEDE espérait en avoir fini hier avec cette méchante zone de « pétole » (comprenez zone sans vent) qui lui barrait la route il y a deux jours et qui est malheureusement revenue lui rendre visite. Il se trouve ce matin au dessus d'une bulle qui s'est reformée sous lui et qui l'empêche à nouveau de descendre. Et une petite bande de hautes pressions est en formation devant son étrave...mais il devrait accrocher des vents portants qui lui permettraient de glisser sur la route directe dans moins de 24 h.

Ralenti aussi, PHILIPPE PECHE (en catégorie Chichester) devrait retrouver plus rapidement de la vitesse, lui qui va se trouver bientôt dans la bordure d'une dépression qui va l'accompagner un moment vers la pointe de l'Afrique.

Derrière, l'ensemble de la flotte est plutôt lancée dans une bonne vaine de vent portant qui pousse les bateaux au trois quart arrière. Toujours 2ème, MARK SLATS voit fondre sur lui la carène bleue d'ARE WIIG, qui a pris les commandes du peloton de l'est aux dépends d'UKU RANDMAA il y a déjà plusieurs jours.

Plus au nord, TAPIO LEHTINEN se bat toujours avec des problèmes d'énergie et se fait doucement rattraper par IGOR ZARETSKIY (toujours OK !) qui n'est plus qu'à 38 milles de son tableau arrière.

Un peu plus proches de la route directe, les deux plus jeunes concurrents de la GGR 2018 se retrouvent après avoir été longtemps séparés, suite à l'option ouest de GREGOR MCGUKIN. 5ème ce matin, il affiche depuis plusieurs jours de belles moyennes, tout comme SUSIE GOODALL, moins de 20 milles derrière. Mais les deux skippers pourraient se voir bientôt rattraper par une bande de vents faibles en formation dans leur sillage.

Belles moyennes aussi pour LOIC LEPAGE, passé devant ABHILASH TOMY. Ce n'est malheureusement pas le cas de MARK SINCLAIR, pris au piège d'une zone de hautes pressions qui semble vouloir se développer autour de lui les prochaines 24 h, avant qu'il ne s'affronte à des vents de face...

ITSVAN KOPAR va devoir composer avec la même situation demain...pendant ce temps, ANTOINE COUSOT, second de la catégorie Chichester derrière PECHE poursuit sa descente vers le sud dans des alizés bien établis. La zone de haute pression qui se trouve face à lui devrait se résorber avant son passage. Ne reste plus au skipper français qu'à incurver progressivement sa route au sud-est, ce que devrait lui permettre la rotation des vents à venir.

Christophe ... See MoreSee Less

Golden Globe Race added 2 new photos.

2 days ago

LATEST ENGLIAS UPDATE!! 🇦🇺️

Interesting weather map today with those no wind holes dictating who gets to move and when in the next couple days. No major changes in Position . PHILIPPE is obviously working hard and steering by hand as much as possible making 5.7kts on course and chasing JL VDH who is making 6.6kts.now after a quite time while the no wind center of the pressure system moved over him during the last 24hrs. Good news for him as he is now on the right side with favorable wind direction.

ANTOINE up the back is diving south at 5kts and Capt’n COCONUT is history. He is in a hole going nowhere and will stay there probably for at least two days! ISTVAN making ok progress at 5.3kts IGOR 4.2kts with a broken Halyard and TAPIO 3.4kts still struggling with electrical charging issues. They will all keep moving and start to speed up soon.

Over to the east LOIC may be low on water but not on breeze making 5.7kt on a good course and UKU is currently OK at 5.6kts again on a good course and slowly pulling away from that middle group. He may make some more gains in the next 24hrs moving into stronger following winds ahead of the others!.

TOMY is roaring along after his night time collision with no reports of damage and SUSIE has arrived at the hole doing 5.6kts just as it is disappearing, so should hold her speed gaining a little more on GREGOR who has slowed quite a bit to 3.9kt. He will gain speed steadily over the next 12 hrs. ARE will slow from his 5.7 speeds overnight for maybe 12 hrs and then pick up again and will hold his relative good position. MARK SLATS who has been in a hole at 3kts will start moving again with solid winds on course in the next 12hrs and start chasing down JL VDH . His lack of any sort of gloves is not effecting him now but it is on his mind as changing headsails with hanks and no gloves in close to 0 degree temperatures in the weeks ahead will not be fun!

The fleet is happy right now. All are contemplating the reality of passing Cape Town and going further south. All have been preparing their boats the best that they can. All know what to expect and ALL have lived the dream of expectation now about to become reality. I think they should all be very proud of themselves! We are.

Don

First map is NOW weather and position..second two days ahead weather but todays position. Height of each BOX is 600 miles. Link to Traker is goldengloberace.com/livetracker/ ... See MoreSee Less