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The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race, held in 1968–1969, and was the first round-the-world yacht race.
- Golden Globe Race
La Golden Globe Race è una competizione velica organizzata...
- 2022 Golden Globe Race
The 2022 Golden Globe Race was the third edition of the...
- Golden Globe Race
Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who disappeared while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968–69.
- July 1969 (aged 36-37)
In March 1968, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was announced – the first-ever attempt to sail solo non-stop around the world. There was no entry fee, virtually no rules nor qualification requirements because most of those who become entrants were already well on the way with their planning to attempt this challenge anyway.
Like the original Sunday Times event, the 2026 Golden Globe Race is very simple: Depart from Les Sables-d’Olonne, France on September 6th, 2026 and sail solo, non-stop around the world, via the five Great Capes and return to Les Sables-d’Olonne.
Bernard Moitessier (April 10, 1925 – June 16, 1994) was a French sailor, most notable for his participation in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, the first non-stop, singlehanded, round the world yacht race.
