The GGR race, discussion and news

[Snowpetrel]

The Golden Globe race is well underway and things are starting to get interesting. So far there have been a few retirements due to personal reasons and self steering failures.

This is going to be one of the best testing grounds for windvanes and downwind sails. I suspect the winner will be the one who manages to keep the boat together, and figure out how to drive a boat fast under windvane downwind and in marginal light airs.

It will also be facinating to see how they cope with some pretty serious southern ocean conditions without weather routing, grib files and the speed to outrun a system.

News, discussion, anaysis, gossip all welcome, but please be respectful to those taking part in the GGR and the race committee making it happen, an awful lot of hard work, time and money has gone just getting to the start line.

https://www.outsideonline.com/232579...-voyage-madmen

The Race - Golden Globe Race

https://youtu.be/q7oVv9BpSrQ