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NEWS

Uku Randmaa and Istvan

Kopar have taken third and

fourth place in the Golden

Globe Race.

Randmaa claimed the event’s

final podium position on 10

March, crossing the finish line

off Les Sables d’Olonne in

France after almost 252 days

alone at sea. The Estonian

sailor lost more than 20kg in

weight during the race having

nearly run out of food.

Reflecting on his nonstop

circumnavigation, Randmaa

said he was constantly worried

about equipment failure. He

was also shocked by the

amount of plastic rubbish in the

ocean after rounding the Cape

of Good Hope.

“At one time I came across a

door and on another occasion,

a complete tree. If I had hit that,

I think my steering would have

broken,” he noted.

American-Hungarian Istvan

Kopar achieved fourth place on

21 March, having

circumnavigated in 263 days.

He said his biggest reward in

the race was “solving all the

problems en-route”, which

included self-steering issues and

an overloaded gearbox within his

Tradewind 35’s pedestal wheel.

Finnish skipper Tapio

Lehtinen is the last entrant still

sailing. At the time PBO went to

press, the 61-year-old was in

the Atlantic and was expected

to finish by mid-May. Just four

out of 18 starters have made it

to the finish, including winner

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede.

A green lobby group, which

promotes wind propulsion for

commercial shipping

worldwide, has won the

prestigious Green4Sea

Initiative Award.

The International Windship

Association (IWSA) was

praised for bringing together all

parties in the development of a

wind-ship sector to shape

industry and government

attitudes and policies.

Commenting on the win, the

association’s secretary

general, Gavin Allwright,

stressed the importance of

delivering change in the industry.

“The issue is not why, but

when and how we will install

wind solutions,” he said.

In April 2018, the International

Maritime Organization

announced a strategy of

reducing CO 2 emissions from

shipping by at least 50% by

2050. The world’s biggest
      container ship company Maersk
      has also announced their fleet
      will be carbon neutral by then.

GGR success for Randmaa and Kopar

Double celebration for Sir Robin

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Promoting greener shipping

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has

celebrated two milestones

• his 80th birthday and the
  50th anniversary of his
  Sunday Times Golden
  Globe Race win.
  As PBO went to press,
  preparations were under
  way for Sir Robin to re-enact

his race finish aboard

Suhaili in Falmouth on 22

April. He was expected to

cross the finish line at 1525,

marking the moment, 50

years earlier, that he

became the first person to

sail single-handedly

non-stop around the world.

Uku Randmaa said the lack of

wind was the worst part of

the race

Istvan Kopar described

finishing the race as ‘the

happiest day of my life’

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