Globe 40 race

r_h · Tuesday at 20:56

Anyone following this double handed race round the world in Class 40s?

I'm competing on Jangada 40. We left Sydney on Jan 1 for the start of Leg 4 and have just passed south of New Zealand at 48.5 degrees south.

After a week at sea and 1400 miles, the two Scow bow boats are only 200 meters apart and four of the older sharp bow boats are all within 20 miles of each other.

Here's a piece I wrote for Yachting World while in Sydney: What it’s like racing double-handed around the world in a 40-footer - Yachting World

John_Silver · Tuesday at 21:11

Am now….Hope that there are more pieces in the pipeline? Fair wind!

Tracker here. Plus coverage on this Voiles et Voiliers tab (sub required)

Ed Sned · Wednesday at 10:01

Rupert - yes, have been following you all since the start!
It's a long race in a boat as brutally stripped out as a Class40! Is Janganda (a Verdier 40 from 2017?) any more comfortable than the latest boats?
Anyway, good luck - will be watching you!

John_Silver · Wednesday at 16:03

Jangada Racing / Rupert & Richard back story. Arriving at Reunion (4.14 in - should open there)

And leaving Sydney, on the current leg

r_h · Wednesday at 21:08

Ed Sned said:
Rupert - yes, have been following you all since the start!
It's a long race in a boat as brutally stripped out as a Class40! Is Janganda (a Verdier 40 from 2017?) any more comfortable than the latest boats?
Anyway, good luck - will be watching you!

Thanks Ed!
Yes, she's a 2017 Verdier - the same design in which Yannick Bestevan won the 2015 Tranast Jacques Vabre.
The newer Scows have an even more violent motion, but we are just as stripped out as they are. One advantage we share with the scows that the other older sharp bow boats lack is a decent cuddy with a couple of seats at the front of the cockpit - it makes a huge difference.

John_Silver · Thursday at 09:50

Rupert enjoys Jangada’s cuddy:

Three way fleet split: Two scows duel out front (Credit Mutuel & Belgian Ocean). Four way fight between the sharps (Jangada, Whiskey Jack, Barco & Wilson).

Free Dom (sharp) in Sydney, repairing UFO damage.

Richard reports “champagne sailing,” aboard Jangada. With rivals to all sides. Facebook vid.

John_Silver · Thursday at 18:16

Minutes apart at the date line, in the sharp fleet:

John_Silver · 2026-01-09T10:18:57+0000

From the Jangada Racing FB page

Here pictured leaving Sydney

Where the scow Mutuel Credit made a full crew change for the Big South: British Vendee Globe aspirant Alan Roberts (co skipper to Clarisse's L'Occitane / Alex Thomson Racing VG campaign in 2024 &, until sponsorship was terminated, on the Holcim / Rosalin Kuiper VG 2028 team).........