Golden Globe Race

Golden Globe Race is the name of two sailing competitions for single-handed sailors non-stop around the world. The first race was advertised by the British Sunday Times . The winner Robin Knox-Johnston was the first sailor to circumnavigate the world alone and without a stopover. For the 50th anniversary of this race, the second sailing regatta , the 2018 Golden Globe Race , took place in 2018 .

Sunday Times Golden Globe Race

The route of the Golden Globe Race

After Sir Francis Chichester's successful one-handed circumnavigation of the world by Sir Francis Chichester from August 1966 to May 1967 with the ketch Gipsy Moth IV , the London Sunday Times , which had reported extensively on Chichester's trip, tried to use the enthusiasm for seafaring that had arisen in Great Britain for journalistic purposes. Since Chichester had made a stop in Australia during its journey, the first non-stop one-handed circumnavigation of the world remained as a destination still to be achieved. On March 17, 1968, the newspaper donated a trophy, the Golden Globe , to the single-handed sailor who would set off from any port in the British Isles for a non-stop circumnavigation between June 1 and October 31, 1968 and be the first to return . Another prize of 5,000 pounds (around 95,000 euros based on today's purchasing power ) was offered for the fastest circumnavigation of the world. The race was open to everyone, proof of seafaring knowledge was not required.

The participants in the order of their start with their starting locations were John Ridgway (June 1, 1968, Inishmore ), Chay Blyth (June 8, 1968, Hamble-le-Rice ), Robin Knox-Johnston (June 14, 1968, Falmouth ), Bernard Moitessier (August 21, 1968, Plymouth ), Loïck Fougeron (August 21, 1968, Plymouth), Bill King (August 24, 1968, Plymouth) and Nigel Tetley (September 16, 1968, Plymouth). On the last possible day, October 31, 1968, Alex Carozzo (of Cowes ) and Donald Crowhurst started their journey in Teignmouth . Tetley and Crowhurst sailed trimarans .

Course of the race

Ridgway, Blyth, Fougeron, King and Carozzo were gradually forced to give up due to storm damage or illness and Moitessier, who was clearly in the lead, decided, after he had already passed Cape Horn , not to allow himself to be commercially taken, to abandon the race and afterwards Sail on Tahiti .

Donald Crowhurst realized in the course of the regatta that his boat was much slower than he thought and had limited seaworthiness, and that he would have no chance of making the long haul. He therefore decided to stay in the Atlantic, to set off for home at a suitable time and thus simulate a complete circumnavigation of the world.

Robin Knox-Johnston was the first participant to return to Great Britain on April 22, 1969. He was given a triumphant reception. Tetley, next to Crowhurst the last remaining sailor, was shipwrecked on May 21, 1969 near the Azores with his trimaran. Crowhurst, who in the meantime had to fear that his fake circumnavigation would be exposed, sank into mental derangement and presumably committed suicide. His boat was discovered on July 10, 1969 by the British mail ship Picardy in the North Atlantic, undamaged but empty.

Robin Knox-Johnston donated the £ 5,000 prize for the fastest non-stop, single-handed circumnavigation of the world, which he has now also been awarded, to Crowhurst's widow and children.

Result

Surname	nationality	boat	begin	Arrivals	Result
Robin Knox-Johnston	United Kingdom	Suhaili , ketch 9.8 m	Falmouth June 14, 1968	April 22, 1969 Falmouth	won in 312 days
Nigel Tetley	United Kingdom	Victress , trimaran 6.7 m	16th September 1968 Plymouth	May 21, 1969 North Atlantic	sunk and saved
Donald Crowhurst	United Kingdom	Teignmouth Electron Trimaran 12 m	October 31, 1968 Teignmouth	July 1, 1969 North Atlantic	suicide
Bernard Moitessier	France	Joshua Ketch 12 m	22nd August 1968 Plymouth	June 21, 1969 Tahiti	given up
Loïck Fougeron	France	Captain Browne gaff cutter 9.1 m	22nd August 1968 Plymouth	November 27, 1968 St. Helena	given up
Bill King	United Kingdom	Galway Blazer II Junk Schooner 13 m	August 24, 1968 Plymouth	November 22, 1968 Cape Town	given up
Alex Carozzo	Italy	Gancia Americano Ketch 20 m	October 31, 1968 Cowes	November 14, 1968 postage	given up
Chay Blyth	United Kingdom	Dytiscus III Kingfisher Slup 9.1 m	June 8, 1968 Hamble	17th September 1968 East London	given up
John Ridgway	United Kingdom	English Rose IV Westerly Slup 9.1 m	June 1, 1968 Árainn	July 21, 1968 Recife	given up

2018 Golden Globe Race

A second race, the 2018 Golden Globe Race , was held for the 50th anniversary of the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race . Boats with modern technology should be deliberately avoided. The participants could only carry such equipment with them in emergencies, e.g. devices for satellite navigation . The prize was £ 115,000 on the condition that the winner reached the port of destination before April 22, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the winner's arrival in the first race. The competition had the following rules:

• The year of construction of the boats before 1988 as a long keeler with a total length of 32 to 36 feet
• The skippers had to prove at least 8,000 nautical miles of ocean sailing experience , of which 2,000 nautical miles were single-handed
• If someone used illegal equipment or had to call at a port, they could no longer win the prize, but could complete the competition in the Chichester Class .

Result

On July 1, 2018, 17 participants from Les Sables-d'Olonne started on the French Atlantic coast. Jean-Luc Van Den Heede won the high seas regatta in 212 days. Of the 17 participants who started, five reached the finish.

Surname	nationality	boat	Arrivals	Result
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede	France	Matmut , Rustler 36	29 January 2019	won
Mark Slats	Netherlands	Ohpen Maverick , Rustler 36	January 31, 2019	finished successfully
Uku Randmaa	Estonia	One and All , Rustler 36	March 10, 2019	finished successfully
Istvan Kopar	United States	Puffin , Tradewind 35	March 21, 2019	finished successfully
Tapio Lehtinen	Finland	Asteria , Gaia 36	19th May 2019	finished successfully
Igor Zaretskiy	Russia	Esmeralda , Endurance 35	December 18, 2018 Albany	given up
Mark John Sinclair	Australia	Coconut , Lello 34	December 12, 2018 Adelaide	given up
Susie Goodall	United Kingdom	DHL Starlight , Rustler 36	5th December 2018	Broken mast and rescued from distress
Loïc Lepage	France	Laaland , Nicholson 32nd	October 21, 2018	abandoned after mast break
Gregor McGuckin	Ireland	Hanley Energy Endurance , Biscay 36	September 24, 2018	abandoned after mast break
Abhilash Tomy	India	Thuriya , replica of the Suhaili	September 24, 2018	abandoned after mast break
Are Wiig	Norway	Olleanna , OE 32	August 27, 2018	abandoned after capsizing and breaking mast
Philippe Péché	France	PRB , Rustler 36	August 25, 2018 Cape Town	given up
Antoine Cousot	France	Métier Intérim , Biscay 36	August 24, 2018	given up
Nabil Amra	Palestine	Liberty II , Biscay 36	17th July 2018 Tenerife	given up
Kevin Farebrother	Australia	Sagarmatha , Tradwind 35	15th July 2018	given up
Ertan Beskardes	United Kingdom	Lazy Otter , Rustler 36	July 5, 2018 A Coruña	given up
Francesco Cappelletti	Italy	007 , Endurance 35		not started

literature

Sunday Times Golden Globe Race

• Peter Nichols : A Voyage for Madmen . HarperCollins, New York 2002, ISBN 0-06-095703-4 (English).
• Robin Knox-Johnston : A World of My Own. The singlehanded, non-stop Circumnavigation of the World in Suhaili . William Morrow & Co, New York 1970, ISBN 0-304-93473-9 (English).

Web links

• Golden Globe Race (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Kai Müller: The history of the Golden Globe Race. Although the sea meant well with him. In: www.tagesspiegel.de. Der Tagesspiegel , March 22, 2018, accessed on November 22, 2019 .  
2. ^ ^{A b} Ivo Goetz: Donald Crowhurst: He wanted sea. In: www.faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 17, 2014, accessed on November 22, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Elaine Bunting: Golden Globe 2018 Race round the world is set to recreate a 'totally retro' era of epic adventure. In: www.yachtingworld.com. Yachting World, April 22, 2015, accessed November 23, 2019 .  
4. ^ David Schmidt: Golden Globe Race 2018. In: www.sailingworld.com. Sailing World, September 9, 2015, accessed November 29, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Helene Fretter: What can we learn from the 2018-19 Golden Globe Race? In: www.yachtingworld.com. Yachting World, April 24, 2019, accessed November 29, 2019 .  
6. ^ Philippe Péché first to cross the line. In: goldengloberace.com. GGR, July 2, 2018, accessed on November 29, 2019 .