Golden Globe Race - Day 246 - Photo call for Uku Randmaa finish on Sat March 9
DAY 246: Dateline: 12:00 UTC - 04/03/2019 Les Sables d’Olonne. France
DAY 246: Dateline: 12:00 UTC - 04/03/2019 Les Sables d’Olonne. France
- PRESS CALL Mid-day 9th March
- Register for places on Press Boat for welcome home
- Press conference and Live Facebook feed scheduled after his arrival
- Istvan Kopar due to finish on 18th March.
Third placed Estonian sailor Uku Randmaa has had the wind gods wih him this past week, and after chalking up a number of 130+ mile days, is now within 600 miles of the finish and due back in Les Sables d'Olonne around Mid-day next Saturday.
If you plan to attend his welcome home after 251 days of solitary sailing around the Globe,
E.mail Celine@goldengloberace.com to reserve a place on the press boat and at the press conference that will follow his return ashore.
4th placed American/Hungarian Istvan Kopar is set to finish on 18th March, leaving just Finland's Tapio Lehtinen at sea. He is not expected until early May.
Randmaa's Rustler 36 'One and All'
Save the Date - GGR Prizegiving programme - April 22
The 2018 GGR prize giving in Les Sables d’Olonne is set for April 22 – the day that Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the first solo non-stop circumnavigation 50 years before.
The Easter Monday celebrations will include a Press Conference and one-to-one interview opportunities with the 2018 GGR skippers, an announcement and introduction to skippers entering the next GGR in 2022, and publication of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s eagerly awaited independent report on lessons learned in heavy weather and survival techniques employed by skippers during the 2018 Race.
There will also be opportunities to sail aboard Bernard Moitessier’s famous 1968/9 Golden Globe Race yacht Joshua throughout the weekend from Port Olona on 20/21/22 April, organized by the Friends of the Maritime Museum of La Rochelle.
So why not plan to celebrate the Easter Weekend in Les Sables d'Olonne!
Relative positions of Uku Randmaa and Istvan Kopar in the Atlantic at 1000 UTC today.
Position of skippers at 10:00 UTC 04.03.19
Skipper | Distance to finish | VMG during last 24 hours | Approx. distance behind leader | |
1 |
Jean- Luc VDH (FRA) Rustler 36 Matmut |
Finished | 0 knots | 211d 23h 12m 19s |
2 |
Mark Slats (NED) Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick |
Finished | 0 knots |
216d 00h 18m 30s Inc. 36h penalty |
3 | Uku Randmaa (EST) Rustler 36 One and All | 655 | 4.6 knots | 0 |
4 | Istvan Kopar (USA)Tradewind 35 Puffin | 1683 | 5.0 knots | 1028 |
5 |
Robin Knox-Johnston (GBR) Suhaili virtual race position in 1969 (2nd March) |
4604 | 3.4 knots | 3949 |
5 | Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) Gaia 36 Asteria | 5033 | 2.8 knots | 4378 |
Chichester Class
1. Igor Zaretskiy (RUS) Endurance 35 Esmeralda - stopped in Albany, W Australia
Retired
Ertan Beskardes (GBR) Rustler 36 Lazy Otter
Kevin Farebrother (AUS) Tradewind 35 Sagarmatha
Nabil Amra (PAL) Biscay 36 Liberty II
Philippe Péché (FRA) Rustler 36 PRB
Antoine Cousot (FRA) Biscay 36 Métier Intérim
Are Wiig (NOR) OE32 Olleanna
Abhilash Tomy (IND) Suhaili replica Thuriya
Gregor McGuckin (IRE) Biscay 36 Hanley Energy Endurance
Francesco Cappelletti (ITA) Endurance 35 007
Loïc Lepage (FRA) Nicholson 32 Laaland
Susie Goodall (GBR) Rustler 36 DHL Starlight
Mark Sinclair (AUS) Lello 34 Coconut
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Barry Pickthall
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