Sixteen skippers begin a seven-to-eight-month mind game of complete isolation and grueling conditions on this historic fourth edition of the McIntyre GGR, a solo circumnavigation after four years of preparation and a spectacular community send-off
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With only five days remaining before the 2026 McIntyre Golden Globe Race starts on Sunday, 6 September, the Vendée Globe Marina in Les Sables-d’Olonne has entered its most intense phase
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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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