21-Apr. 2017 \u00a0Golden Globe Race Confirmed<\/p>\n
Marking 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s victory on the race back 1968\/9<\/p>\n
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The 2018 Golden Globe Race which commemorates the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston\u2019s victory in the Sunday Times Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world Race back in 1968\/9,\u00a0Is to start from Plymouth in next year.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, next June 14 \u00a0will be the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin\u2019s start in that race from Falmouth aboard his 32ft yacht Suhaili.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s famous Gipsy Moth IV, Sir Alec Rose\u2019s Lively Lady, a replica of Sir Chay Blyth\u2019s original Golden Globe race yacht Dytiscus III and Joshua, which Frenchman Bernard Moitessier sailed in the original Sunday Times Race.<\/p>\n
That night, the Royal Cornwall YC plan to host a Suhaili gala dinner where Sir Robin will be guest of honour.<\/p>\n
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