Global Solo Challenge 2023 Prize Giving & 2027 Skippers’ Presentation
The Global Solo Challenge will hold a special event in Vigo on Saturday 28 February 2026, celebrating the conclusion of the 2023–2024 edition and officially presenting the skippers entered in the 2027–2028 event.
The day will include a press conference, a public session with round tables and presentations, and an evening dinner by invitation.
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McIntyre Golden Globe Les Sables d’Olonne start – NINE months to go!
Fifteen of the 26 McIntyre GGR entrants meet for the first time in Les Sables d’Olonne during a two-day conference.
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Ross Hubbard from California, USA, enters the Global Solo Challenge
Ross will take on the Challenge aboard SEA BEAR, a 1984 Ta Shing Panda 38 cutter, a full-keel, heavy-weather cruising design renowned for strength, balance, and ocean-crossing pedigree.
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Recognizing a lifetime of achievement
The Pindar Lifetime Achievement Award for 2025, presented by the International Association of Cape Horners, goes to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston KB CBE RD.
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Keep it in the family. Keep it Tasmanian.
John Curnow, Sail-World.com
Now the Australian with the fastest time for a solo, non-stop, and unassisted circumnavigation of this here planet is Ken Gourlay, OAM. He’s a native of Launceston, which is the capital of Northern Tasmania, as Hobart is for the South, for the Taswegians definitely like the divide.
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All-female round the world record attempt sets sail in tough conditions
Helen Fretter
The Famous Project CIC, an all-women challenge for the Jules Verne Trophy, the non-stop around the world record, set off on Saturday 29 November.
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