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Plymouth chosen as host<\/p>\n
26 Apr 2017<\/p>\n
The 50th anniversary of the Golden Globe Race will be commemorated with a salute to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston<\/p>\n
Plymouth has been announced as the host port for the start and finish of the 2018 Golden Globe Race.<\/p>\n
The race marks 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 with 30 skippers due to take part.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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
A charity race will follow, finishing at Queen Anne\u2019s Battery Marina in aid of the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is great news for Plymouth and the Club which is the home of Single Handed Oceanic racing,\u201d said John Lewis, The Royal Western Yacht Club\u2019s oceanic race director. \u201cPlymouth continues to build on its enviable reputation to host major international sailing events.\u201d<\/p>\n
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