21-Apr. 2017 Golden Globe Race Confirmed
Marking 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s victory on the race back 1968/9
The 2018 Golden Globe Race which commemorates the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s victory in the Sunday Times Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world Race back in 1968/9, Is to start from Plymouth in next year.
Organisers say the Golden Globe Race is all about anniversaries. Last weekend (marked the 48th year since Sir Robin won the Sunday Times Race and became the first man to sail solo non-stop around the Globe
Meanwhile, next June 14 will be the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin’s start in that race from Falmouth aboard his 32ft yacht Suhaili.
The 30 skippers competing in the 2018 Golden Globe Race will join hundreds of other yachts in Falmouth Harbour with a sail-past salute to Sir Robin. Other historic yachts joining the commemoration include Sir Francis Chichester’s famous Gipsy Moth IV, Sir Alec Rose’s Lively Lady, a replica of Sir Chay Blyth’s original Golden Globe race yacht Dytiscus III and Joshua, which Frenchman Bernard Moitessier sailed in the original Sunday Times Race.
That night, the Royal Cornwall YC plan to host a Suhaili gala dinner where Sir Robin will be guest of honour.