Golden Globe - Scuttlebutt Sailing News

Plans underway for Golden Globe Race

July 10th, 2019

Following the success of the 2018 Golden Globe Race, the Vendée City of Les Sables d’Olonne and its 3-town Agglomeration

May 19th, 2019

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (May 19, 2019) – Finnish skipper Tapio Lehtinen, the fifth and final placed competitor in the

May 9th, 2019

(May 9, 2019; Day 313) – Finland’s Tapio Lehtinen, the fifth and final placed skipper competing in the Golden Globe

April 22nd, 2019

Britain’s Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in 1969. His

April 22nd, 2019

The inaugural Golden Globe Race started in 2018 for 17 skippers from Les Sables d’Olonne (FRA), with the race format

April 21st, 2019

It was in 1969 when Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, and his 32-foot yacht, Suhaili, returned on April 22 to Falmouth after

April 11th, 2019

(April 11, 2019; Day 285) – Finland’s Tapio Lehtinen and his Gaia 36 Asteria remain the last of the Golden

March 21st, 2019

(March 21, 2019; Day 264) – American Hungarian solo yachtsman Istvan Kopar reached the finish line at 13:58 UTC today

March 11th, 2019

(March 11, 2019; Day 254) – Uku Randmaa (EST) crossed the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line at 09:00 UTC yesterday

March 7th, 2019

(March 7, 2019; Day 250) – Third placed Estonian Uku Randmaa has survived his last storm – 50 knot winds