The 2026 McIntyre Golden Globe Race enters its final countdown on Saturday, 22 August, when Mayor Nicolas Chénéchaud officially welcomes the 16 remaining skippers at the GGR Pavilion at 14:30
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The McIntyre Golden Globe Race is known as one of the toughest, longest and loneliest sporting events on the planet. Its sailors face a solo, non-stop, unassisted voyage of more than 28,000 miles around the world, navigating with sextants and paper charts in small, traditional yachts and spending around eight months totally alone
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The 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was the first ever sailing race around the world. Nine started and only one finished. Robin Knox-Johnston, onboard his 32ft ketch SUHAILI, became the first person ever to circumnavigate solo and non-stop. Man had also just landed on the moon
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The Inaugural 2023 Ocean Globe Race (OGR) was a huge success celebrating the 50th anniversary of the world’s first fully crewed 1973 Whitbread Race. 220 amateur sailors on 14 classic production yachts and historic Whitbread Race veterans set out to recreate history and relive the way it was in 1973
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Modern ocean rowing races have become a popular sport and high-profile social media event. Up to 50 boats a year are crossing the Atlantic in record time of 30-50 days solo. Modern equipment and technology “creep” over the past 30 years has slowly reduced human powered effort and dramatically increased speed for these races! This in turn has opened the opportunity to people who would not normally consider an ocean row in their capacity. It’s certainly easier than 1966! Now McIntyre Adventure will “reboot” ocean rowing back to its roots with the Real Ocean Row! (ROR)
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