GRAPHIC: C/O GOLDEN GLOBE RACE; PHOTOS: MARK SINCLAIR/PPL; ERTAN BESKARDES/PPL; PPL
Brits on board
MARK SINCLAIR
(Boat name: Coconut;
flagged: Australia)
British born entrant,
Mark Sinclair (59) has
spent his life at sea, first
in the Australian Navy and later as a
hydrographer. Sun sights are second
nature so he is not fazed by astral
navigation. He has selected the South
African built Lello 34 sloop which has
been round the globe once already
and is now extensively rebuilt.ERTAN BESKARDES
(Boat name: Lazy
Otter; flagged: UK)
Ertan Beskardes (57) is
a Turkish born British
national who began
sailing on the Bosphorus at the age
of 12. He now lives in Bournemouth ,
having moved to the UK in 1979 and
made a career in military tailoring and
regalia. Sailing solo around the world
has long been a bucket list ambition.
He found his Rustler 36 in Sardinia
and his preparations have centered
on sailing her solo to Falmouth in time
for the Suhaili 50 Parade of Sail.ROBIN DAVIE
(Boat name: C’est La
Vie; flagged: UK)
Robin Davie (66) has
sea in his blood. He grew
up on the beaches of
Cornwall and followed the Sunday Times
Golden Globe race in 1968, thinking
“I’ll do that one day”. He has since
completed three solo circumnavigations
and in 1994 sailed round Cape Horn
under jury rig having been dismasted
mid-way across the Pacific. He is
another to select a Rustler 36 sloop.KEVIN FAREBROTHER
(Boat name: Sagarmatha;
flagged: Australia)
British born Kevin
Farebrother (50)
is an adventurer at
heart, with three successful assents
of Mount Everest. He says, “I’m not
doing this race for the love of sailing
but more to feed my passion for
adventure, pushing myself to the
limits, and to show that ordinary
people can do extra ordinary things.”
The former 23 SAS soldier has
chosen a Tradewind 35 sloop.Sextant
Wind-up chronometer
Paper charts
SSB Radio
VHF Radio
RDF set
EPIRBLifejacket
Standard binoculars
Cassette tape recorder
Towed log
Basic echo sounder
AIS transponder with
noaccess to GPSWind vane self steering
Dacron sails
Standard 3-strand and
braided man-made ropes
35mm film camera
Super8 movie cameraGPS
Radar
AIS linked to GPS
Chart plotters and
electronic charts
Electronic wind instruments
Electric autopilots
Electronic logMobile phone
Smartphone
IPod or similar
CD players
Electronic watches/clocks
Electronic cameras
Satellite equipment
of any kindAny computer device
Digital binoculars
Pocket calculators
Water-maker
Carbon fibre
Spectra
Kevlar
VectraHOWTOWATCH
Les Sables d’Olonne is preparing for more than 1 million visitors during the two-
week prelude to the race between 16 June and 1 July. UK fans can catch the yachts in
Falmouth between 11-14 June when the fleet gathers to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s departure from the port in 1968. Joining Suhaili there
for a Parade of Sail around the harbour will be Gipsy Moth IV and Lively Lady.
Following the start, (which will be broadcast live on facebook.com/goldengloberace),
the yachts will be tracked 24/7 with wind and wave conditions coupled with wind
and weather conditions shown on the website: goldengloberace.com
The public can join the race themselves by entering the Virtual Race. Each entrant is
allocated an identical boat with similar performance polars to the real yachts, but unlike the
GGR skippers, virtual competitors have the benefit of real-time weather information which
is released into the race model at 10 minute intervals, producing an ever changing wind and
wave situation that makes the virtual game as close to reality as possible. The live online
tracker information from the real yachts can be overlaid on the virtual course, allowing
virtual sailors to compare their navigation eforts against those competing in the GGR.
The Sailonline Virtual Race will commence at the same time as the GGR on 1 July.What skippers can carry:
What skippers cannot carry:
July 2018 Yachts & Yachting 33PREVIEW GOLDEN GLOBE