- Uk begin with the 50th wedding celebration of one’s earliest 1973 Whitbread Battle protected because of the private business mate and you will MDL Marinas getting which iconic sailing competition the home of Southampton
- Tracy Edwards and her Maiden cluster, the only real Uk entrant on the OGR, is actually thrilled so you can relive its Whitbread fantasy once more and battle around the world
- 15 yachts and additionally half dozen earlier in the day Whitbread entrants plus one Whitbread champ confirmed for the September 10th OGR start
Whenever Don McIntyre so you can enjoy the new 50th anniversary of the basic ever Whitbread crewed race all over the world, it must begin in the uk. This is how this new Whitbread story began.
Towards the , more 160 sailors will depart Water Town aboard the fresh new 15 yachts accomplish new four feet, 29,000 distance race all over the world via the about three high capes; Africa’s Cape of great Hope, Australia’s Cape Leeuwin, and you can Southern America’s infamous Cape Horn
The guy did the exact same thing when choosing to commemorate brand new 50th anniversary of your own totally new 1968 Weekend Moments Wonderful Industry Race and that and additionally been regarding the British. Regrettably no support originated from Uk ports so the 2018 GGR visited Les Sables d’Olonne into the France (domestic of your Vendee Industry) where it had been asked karД±sД± taylandlД± having open arms and you may strong resource one to generated All of us$185m during the media returns. The 3rd model GGR2022 stems from wind up there into the an effective few weeks.
As yet it appeared as if the sea Community Battle are supposed in the same way. In an enthusiastic pr release proclaiming Cape City, Auckland and you will Punta Del Este while the OGR stopover slots and you may after several years of trying to, OGR revealed that ‘sadly British ports commonly trying to find holding the start and end regarding the epic adventure and historical occasion’. Continue reading