Yachting Monthly – May 2018

N 0 3,000nm

60°

60°

40°

20°

20°

0°

40°

Cape

Cape of Leeuwin

Good Hope

Cape

Horn

46°S to starboard

until east of 115°W

50°S 90°W

to port

44°S to

starboard

Waypoint

46°S 174°W

Rubicón Marina,

Lanzarote.Gate 1

LES SABLES d’OLONNE

Race start 1st July 2018

FALMOUTH, UK

Suhaili Parade of Sail

14th June 2018

Port Stanley,

Falkland Is.

Gate 3

Storm Bay,

Tasmania.

Gate 2

120° 60° 0° 60° 120° 180°

Prince Edward I.

and Marion I. Crozet Is.

Kerguelen Is. Snares Is.Bounty Is.

France’s most famous

racing port, Les Sables

d’Olonne, will mark

the start and finish

of the 2018 race

THE RACE ROUTE
Unlike the original 1968/69 event when
entrants could start and finish from any port
north of the 40th parallel north, the 50th
anniversary Golden Globe Race will begin
and finish in Les Sables d’Olonne, France.
Competitors will have to pass through
three gates and negotiate a number
of marks and waypoints during their
voyage. Failure to do this will result in time

penalties. These include leaving:

■ An inshore Canary Island mark

to starboard at Lanzarote (Gate 1)

■ Cape of Good Hope to port

■ 44°S latitude to starboard

■ Cape Leeuwin to port

■ A Hobart gate in Storm Bay Tasmania

(Gate 2). Entrants sail over a line and

must drop sails and drift, or anchor for 90

minutes before recrossing the line and

continuing on to Cape Horn. Failure

to comply means disqualification

■ Snares Islands to starboard

■ Bounty Islands to starboard

■ Waypoint 46°S, 174°W to starboard

■ 46°S latitude to starboard until east

of 115°W longitude

■ Cape Horn to port

■ An inshore Falkland Island mark

to starboard at Port Stanley (Gate 3)

FOLLOW THE RACE
All the yachts will be tracked by
the race organisers 24/7 using
Yellow Brick Road tracking
and there will be updates every
six hours on the race website
http://www.goldengloberace.com.
Race organisers will have
a media team at the three
compulsory gates at Marina
Rubicón in Lanzarote, Storm
Bay, Tasmania and Port
Stanley in the Falkland Islands
to interview skippers and
to collect film for processing.

ADVENTURE