les sables-d'Olonne

The Golden Globe Race 2018

In 5 days time 18 sailors will leave Les Sables-d’Olonne in western France to circumnavigate the globe.  A journey of 30,000 nautical miles, they must travel alone, non-stop and without any outside assistance, that is to say without any modern technology or the benefit of satellite-based navigation equipment.  As if that wasn’t challenging enough they have to sail in a similar vessel to those that took part in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race some 50 years ago.