Louis Kerdelhué announced this morning his decision to retire from the 2026 Golden Globe Race due to ‘the limits of his health and physical condition,’ according to race organisers. In…
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Why Pat Lawless retired from the 2026 Golden Globe Race, ending his dream
Pat Lawless has announced his decision to retire from the Golden Globe Race after the failure of the bottom fitting of his Solent stay and furling assembly. ‘Sad news, especially…
Golden Globe Race Latest: Everything you missed in the first month of the ‘Voyage of Madmen’
In the month since we saw the Golden Globe Race fleet off from the pontoons in Les Sables d’Olonne, the Atlantic has already yielded its share of frustrations, along with…
Dispatches from Les Sables d’Olonne: Fifteen solo skippers start the Golden Globe Race
And they’re off! On the afternoon of Sunday 6th September, fifteen skippers left the Vendee Globe Pontoons in Les Sables d’Olonne, with one more soon to follow after a last…
Mad dash to the start line: How Swedish solo skipper Pär Nyman got Golden Globe Race-ready in under a year
‘I keep pinching myself in the arm to make sure I’m not dreaming,’ says Swedish solo skipper Pär Nyman. Days out from setting off to sail around the world solo,…
‘The joy is the journey’: How Golden Globe Race skipper Andrea Lodolo went from private equity to solo sailing
Andrea Lodolo is two weeks out from setting off to sail around the world solo, nonstop, and unassisted for the Golden Globe Race. Days out from the start, he reports,…
‘Not in it for the spiritual experience,’ says Guy deBoer ahead of the Golden Globe Race, ‘I’m a true competitor’
Guy deBoer phones in from the doldrums in the middle of the Atlantic, where La Niña is ‘causing hell’ with the Bermuda and Azores high pressure systems. He set off…
How a retro race is helping Gunnar Christensen fall back in love with sailing
‘All I’ve done my whole life, is work in the service of others on their boats,’ says skipper Gunnar Christensen. Now in his late 50s, ‘I’ve realised I’ve never done…
Sailing a 5,000 mile loop on the Atlantic: ‘Six months in a leaky boat’
Finally we had arrived in the Azores from Newfoundland, a passage described in YM February 2025. En route we had discovered water leaking into the forepeak and the heads compartment…
ARC vs ARC+: Which Atlantic Rally is Right for Your Ocean Crossing?
Crossing the Atlantic in sailing yachts has been done for decades by those of an independent mindset; they just needed a boat seaworthy enough and capable of sailing the 2,700…