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The start of the 2022 Golden Globe Race. Photo: Ville des Sables d’Olonne – Christophe Huchet
The third ever edition of the Golden Globe Race started in late 2022. The first was in 1968, which was followed many years later by the race’s rebirth in 2018.
What was unique about the Golden Globe race?
The original Golden Globe Race was the first race around the world solo without stops or any outside assistance.
The GGR remains one of sailing’s best known events, capturing the hearts and minds of a global audience. It also began a thirst for single handed round the world racing that continues to this day.
The first participants in 1968 are well known, whether it is the eventual triumph of Britain’s Sir Robin Knox Johnston over his arch rival Frenchman Bernard Motissier, or the tragic story of Donald Crowhurst (the story of which is the subject of the film, The Mercy ).
It was then, and remains today, a serious undertaking for anyone hoping to achieve it. Even in the modern era racing around the world solo and without assistance remains a very difficult task to achieve. Despite many trying, many attempts still end in failure (though not usually with tragic outcomes).
To put the challenge into some perspective, more people have travelled into space than have raced around the world alone and unaided.
That original race saw sailors able to set off on their voyage within a fairly wide window of opportunity, with the only rule being that the first person to complete a lap of the globe would be declared the winner.
Recently the race has been reborn with a round the world race being held in 2018, attempting to capture something of the adventuring nature of those early intrepid sailors.
The event was a success and, as such, another edition will be held this year, as contestants set off on the Golden Globe Race 2022.
The same organisers of the 2018 and 2022 Golden Globe have also announced another reto race in the form of the Ocean Globe Race , which will look to recreate the Whitbread Round the World race of old.
What is the Golden Globe yacht race?
The 2022 Golden Globe Race is a solo, nonstop yacht race around the world with no assistance and without the use of modern technology.
This means the skippers can’t use GPS, chartplotters, electric winches, autopilots, mobile phones, iPads or use synthetic materials like Spectra, Kevlar or Vectron.
Their only means of communication is via registered, licensed maritime-approved HF Single Side Band (SSB) Radio, with discussions generally limited to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) weather. They are allowed to listen to HAM radio, but are not allowed to transmit.
Where does the Golden Globe race start and when?
The 2022 Golden Globe Race will start on 4 September 2022 from the port of Les Sables d’Olonne on France‘s Atlantic coast.
Over the years this has become the effective home of round the world racing, with a variety of modern events starting from this French venue.
The best known is the Vendée Globe, which is essentially the modern version of the Golden Globe Race, with participants racing highly technologically advanced yachts around the world at blistering speeds.
Who was the winner of the 2022-23 Golden Globe Race?
- Kirsten Neuschäfer – SOUTH AFRICA – Winner of the 2022-23 Golden Globe
- Abhilash Tomy – INDIA – Second place in the 2022-23 Golden Globe
- Michael Guggenberger – AUSTRIA – Third in the 2022-23 Golden Globe
Skippers still racing but now in the Chichester class (those who have made 1 stop):
- Simon Curwen – UNITED KINGDOM – Winner of the 2022-23 Chichester class – for those who have made 1 stop
Who is competing in the 2022 Golden Globe Race?
Chichester class – for those who have made 1 stop
- Jeremy Bagshaw – SOUTH AFRICA
18 skippers started the 2018 race on 1 July 2018, with just five finishing, so it is not expected that all these skippers will make it to the finish.
2022-23 Golden Globe Race retirements
- Edward Walentynowicz , (Canada), Rustler 36, Noah’s Jest
- Guy deBoer , (USA), Tashiba 36, Spirit
- Mark Sinclair (Australia), Lello 34, Coconut
- Pat Lawless , (Ireland), Saltram Saga 36 , Green Rebel
- Damien Guillou , (France), Rustler 36, PRB
- Ertan Beskardes , (UK), Rustler 36, Lazy Otter
- Tapio Lehtinen , (Finland), Gaia 36, Asteria
- Arnaud Gaist – FRANCE
- Elliott Smith – USA
- Guy Waites – UNITED KINGDOM
- Ian Herbert-Jones – UNITED KINGDOM
Jeremy Bagshaw on his 2022-23 Golden Globe Race
- July 20, 2023
A lifelong sailor, Jeremy Bagshaw started sailing as a child in an Optimist dinghy before moving onto Fireballs and Lasers. He raced offshore while at university and prior to Golden…
Michael Guggenberger on his 2022-223 Golden Globe Race
- July 18, 2023
Originally, Michael Guggenberger planned to take part in the 2018 Golden Globe Race, but delayed until the 2022 edition to allow more time to prepare. This paid off for the…
Abhilash Tomy on his 2022-23 Golden Globe Race
- July 13, 2023
In 2013, Abhilash Tomy became the first Indian to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, via the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Horn and Cape Leeuwin, aboard the…
Simon Curwen on his 2022-23 Golden Globe Race
- July 11, 2023
Chichester Class winner Simon Curwen tells Katy Stickland all about his experience taking part in the 2022-23 Golden Globe Race
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- July 7, 2023
Cape Horn gave me a good beating, and I needed to sort some problems on the boat, so I anchored off Picton Island in the lee of the Horn. It…
Kirsten Neuschäfer on her 2022-2023 Golden Globe Race
- July 5, 2023
Winning the Golden Globe Race meant everything to Kirsten Neuschäfer; her ambition would not only drive her, but would also leave her frustrated and despondent, especially when she became trapped…
Guy Waites crosses the 2022 Golden Globe Race finish line
- June 19, 2023
Guy Waites has crossed the finish line of the 2022 Golden Globe Race. The Scarborough skipper completed his solo circumnavigation of the world with two stops
Jeremy Bagshaw: the final finisher in the 2022 Golden Globe Race
- June 9, 2023
South African skipper Jeremy Bagshaw has finished the 2022 Golden Globe Race after weeks of punishing north-easterly winds and a broken forestay left him crawling towards the finish line
Michael Guggenberger is third in the 2022 Golden Globe Race
- May 12, 2023
Austrian skipper Michael Guggenberger has come third in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, having been one of the most prepared entrants in the race
Golden Globe Race: Michael Guggenberger approaching Biscay
- May 5, 2023
Michael Guggenberger has passed the Azores and is expected to cross the finish line next week
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