Ocean Globe Race
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| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ocean Globe Race 2023 |
| Event details | |
| Start location | Southampton |
| Finish location | Cowes |
| Course | Southampton–Cape Town–Auckland–Punta del Este–Cowes |
| Key people | Don McIntyre – founder & race director |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 14 |
| Competing nations | 8 |
The Ocean Globe Race was the 50th-anniversary celebration of the original Whitbread Round the World Race, the first fully crewed round-the-world race in 1973. It was founded by Australian adventurer and circumnavigator, Don McIntyre. Except for safety equipment, no modern technology was allowed. The Ocean Globe Race set sail with 14 teams on September 10, 2023, from Ocean Village in Southampton (UK), to circumnavigate the globe with 3 stopovers: Cape Town (South Africa), Auckland (New Zealand), and rounding Cape Horn, Punta del Este (Uruguay), before returning to Cowes (UK) in April 2024. It was won by Maiden, a boat that had taken part in the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race with an (unprecedented at that time) all-female crew.
Each crew was to consist of at least 70% non-professional sailors, one woman and one sailor under 24 years old. For this reason, the OGR was defined as a global adventure for ordinary sailors on standard yachts. A distinctive feature of the OGR was the limited use of modern technology on board: computers, satellites, GPS, and high-tech materials were prohibited. Teams navigated using sextants and received weather forecasts through radio fax. The OGR was considered a testament to human endeavor, emphasizing team spirit and sheer determination.[1]