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2019
11
Jul
Les Sables d’Olonne confirmed as host start/finish port for the 2022 Golden Globe Race
Read more22 skippers from 10 countries now entered Following the success of the 2018 Golden Globe Race, the Vendée City of…
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2019
1
Jul
Back to the Whitbread
Read moreOcean Globe Race is good for GGR As you know we now have a sister event, another retro fully crewed…
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2019
28
Jun
It’s not over, but it is!
Read moreEach of us who have been living the GGR these past few years have experienced it. Some more so than…
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2019
21
May
‘Barnacles: When I first saw them on the bottom before reaching Hobart, I knew my race was over.’ Tapio Lehtinen
Read moreFinal GGR finisher takes 5th place Circumnavigation time: 322 days 8 hours 21 minutes Barnacle growth was the root cause…
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2019
10
May
DAY 312: Tapio Lehtinen sighted off the Azores
Read moreNow 1,100miles from the finish line ETA 23-26th May Tapio Lehtinen, the 5th and final placed Finnish skipper competing in…
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2019
23
Apr
DAY 295: Jean-Luc Van Den Heede crowned winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Race
Read moreDon’s speech on prize giving day Thousands drawn to the open air presentation in Les Sables d’Olonne Sir Robin Knox-Johnston…
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2019
11
Apr
DAY 284: Tapio Equator – 2018 Prize Giving – 2022 Filling Up!
Read moreTapio Lehtinen crosses the Equator GGR Prize-giving timetable 19-22nd April As Tapio Lehtinen, the last of the Golden Globe race…
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2019
21
Mar
DAY 263: Istvan Kopar secures 4th place in the Golden Globe Race
Read moreAmerican Hungarian solo yachtsman Istvan Kopar finally reached the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne, France at 13:58 UTC today…
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2019
18
Mar
MEDIA ALERT: Istvan Kopar due to reach Les Sables d’Olonne finish at 09:00 UTC on 21st March
Read moreDay 260: At 04:00 UTC today, American/Hungarian Istvan Kopar and his Tradewind 35 yacht Puffin was within 250 miles of…