Golden Globe 2018 any interest ?

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The upcoming long-term test of several Rustler 36's, otherwise known as the Golden Globe 2018 starts in July. I can't find much here about it? Is there a special forum I wonder?

One interesting feature of the website is that all the skippers are listed, which already includes 19 yes 19 retirees from the race! Whcih hasn't even started! I must say I am a touch envious. I could easily have been a retiree from a race yet to start. "Oh yeah, that rtw race - I was in that but unfortunately had to retire" is a great yottie story eh? And all these skippers retired about 7,000 miles or so from Cape Horn, which also sounds quite fab, especially since they obviously didn't much have to actually even buy a boat or even set off to win lots of offshore cred, just press the "retire" button in the skippers bit of the website. Sheesh! Crowhurst must be turning in his grave! Yeah I know he's not in that grave with his name on it of course, somewhere else...

http://goldengloberace.com/ggr/
 
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Zero interest from me, but then again I am not a fan of racing. Even from a historic view they are not being true to the event - I bet they are not using the same sail materials or underwear that was available when the original race was run. Lets hope nobody does the same as Donald Crowhurst.
 
I know one of the retired skippers. In his case the issue was them changing the goal posts in relation to who owned picture/video rights. It made it non-viable.
 
Sandy said:
Zero interest from me, but then again I am not a fan of racing. Even from a historic view they are not being true to the event - I bet they are not using the same sail materials or underwear that was available when the original race was run. Lets hope nobody does the same as Donald Crowhurst.
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Yes I suppose it's a bit/very cheaty that they have modern stuff. But it might be a bit expensive to have pre-1968 whisky etc and as you rightly point out the 1968 underwear or whatever is gonna be quite rubbish by now. I don't remember much food pre-1968 apart from Smarties and Mars Bars.

I'm not a fan of actually doing the sail racing too much, but I follow it for the valiant comeback, the expensive cockups, vicariously leading or chasing or tagging along. Even just now a sailing pal has ben racing at Antigua and slumming it on my boat nights, daytimes racing on a boat which last year hit whale, and this year hit a Swan, an 80 footer kerunch, nobody hurt too badly apart from the insurers.

Anyhoo, back to the Golden Globe 2018 thing ... the website claims that 1968 was the "Golden Age of solo sailing" ... really? It might have been a golden age if you kinda got help from the armed forces a bit... but was it really a golden age? I don't much think so?
 
Hacker said:
I know one of the retired skippers. In his case the issue was them changing the goal posts in relation to who owned picture/video rights. It made it non-viable.
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Ah right, an excellent excuse er reason. I think i can think of quite few other reasons why it's non-viable from my point of view. And anyway knowing me as I do, I'm bound have slightly (massively) cheated and sneaked a tiny gps thing along. BUT i would have been scrupulous about only taking a tin opener designed before 1968, refused to have spoken with any media apart from BBC or the Times, only taken classical music tapes, and insisted everyone addresses me as "Mr".

Seriously (ish) I do think they are missing a massive trick with olde comms instead of us all seeing nice daily video updates or it all being hellishly awful as it usually is in an MAB regardless of southern ocean factors...
 
The entrants range in ages from 28 to 72. Some are massivley sponsored; others are shelling out entirely from their own pockets. Some have been around the Great Capes before; others have never been in a storm at sea.

One thing is sure: it's the same winds and the same seas. They haven't changed. Those who set out will be tested, personally, as never before.

http://goldengloberace.com/skippers-provisional/
 
zoidberg said:
The entrants range in ages from 28 to 72. Some are massivley sponsored; others are shelling out entirely from their own pockets. Some have been around the Great Capes before; others have never been in a storm at sea.

One thing is sure: it's the same winds and the same seas. They haven't changed. Those who set out will be tested, personally, as never before.

http://goldengloberace.com/skippers-provisional/
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Oooh exciting! I think your post should be read in that deep growly American voice that does film trailers. Or maybe that's you? Or what?
 
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