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Plymouth chosen as host
26 Apr 2017
The 50th anniversary of the Golden Globe Race will be commemorated with a salute to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
Plymouth has been announced as the host port for the start and finish of the 2018 Golden Globe Race.
The race marks 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 with 30 skippers due to take part.
A pre-event parade of sail will take place in Falmouth Harbour with a salute to Sir Robin. Other historic yachts joining the commemoration are due to include Sir Francis Chichester’s 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.
A charity race will follow, finishing at Queen Anne’s Battery Marina in aid of the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience.
“This is great news for Plymouth and the Club which is the home of Single Handed Oceanic racing,” said John Lewis, The Royal Western Yacht Club’s oceanic race director. “Plymouth continues to build on its enviable reputation to host major international sailing events.”