2022 Golden Globe Race

As with the 2018 Golden Globe Race, entrants were limited to sailing similar yachts and equipment to what was available to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the winner of the original race in 1968–69. That means sailing without the use of modern technology such as satellite-based navigation aids.[8] Safety equipment such as EPIRBs and AIS were carried, however the competitors were only allowed to use the technology in an emergency.[9]

Competitors could apply to have their class of boat approved, providing it complied with the following rules:[9]

• Constructed of fibre reinforced plastic.
• Designed prior to 1988, with a minimum series of 20 yachts built from one mould.
• Has a hull length of between 32 and 36 feet (9.8 and 11.0 m). Bowsprits, wind vanes and outboard rudders, boomkins, pushpits and pulpits are not measured.
• Has a full-length keel with rudders attached to the trailing edge.
• A minimum design displacement of 6,200 kilograms (13,700 lb)

The race started on 4 September 2022 in Les Sables-d'Olonne and leads around the world eastward, leaving Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port. There were four "film gates" along the route - Lanzarote, Cape Town, Hobart and Punta del Este - where the skippers could be interviewed as they sail past without stopping and where they passed over films and letters.[3]

The following 16 skippers started the race:[10]

	Sailor	Yacht	Type
1	Arnaud Gaist	Feï of Shanghaï	Barbican 33 MKII (Long Keel Version)
2	Damien Guillou	PRB	Rustler 36
3	Abhilash Tomy	Bayanat[11]	Rustler 36
4	Edward Walentynowicz	Noah's Jest	Rustler 36
5	Elliott Smith	Second Wind	GaleForce 34
6	Ertan Beskardes	Lazy Otter	Rustler 36
7	Guy deBoer	Spirit	Tashiba 36
8	Guy Waites	Sagarmatha	Tradewind 35
9	Ian Herbert-Jones	Puffin	Tradewind 35
10	Jeremy Bagshaw	Olleanna	OE32
11	Kirsten Neuschäfer	Minnehaha	Cape George Cutter, CG36
12	Mark Sinclair	Coconut[12]	Lello 34
13	Michael Guggenberger	Nuri	Biscay 36
14	Pat Lawless	Green Rebel[13]	Saltram Saga 36
15	Simon Curwen	Clara	Biscay 36
16	Tapio Lehtinen	Asteria	Gaia 36

The race started on 4 September 2022, with the competitors passing a rolling gate between the yachts Galiana and L’Esprit d’Equipe. The official starter was Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the winner of the original Golden Globe Race.[14] The race concluded on 15 June 2023 with the last competitor, Jeremy Bagshaw, arriving back at Les Sables d’Olonne.[15]

Competitor	Cape Town gate	Storm Bay Tasmania gate	Cape Horn	Finish
Kirsten Neuschäfer	8 November	25 December	15 February	27 April[1]
Abhilash Tomy	10 November	27 December	18 February	28 April[2]
Michael Guggenberger	12 November	3 January	26 February	12 May[16]
Chichester class (one stop)
Simon Curwen[lower-alpha 1]	6 November	24 December	25 February	27 April[18]
Jeremy Bagshaw[lower-alpha 2]	17 November	16 January	14 March	15 June
Retired (in order of retirement)
Competitor	Date	Details
Edward Walentynowicz	9 September 2022	Retired "due to personal reasons".[20]
Guy de Boer	18 September 2022	Hit a rock north off Fuertaventura.[21][22]
Mark Sinclair	23 September 2022	Retired near Lanzarote, citing "family reasons".[23]
Pat Lawless	9 November 2022	Retired, after reaching Cape Town gate, due to failure of self-steering system[24]
Damien Guillou	14 November 2022	Retired, after reaching Cape Town gate, also due to failure of self-steering system[25][26]
Ertan Beskardes	16 November 2022	Retired in Cape Town, explaining "I was looking for the unknown, and I found it,”[27]
Tapio Lehtinen	18 November 2022	Boat sank in the Southern Indian Ocean, sailor was rescued by Kirsten Neuschäfer.[28]
Arnaud Gaist	2 December 2022	Retired due to barnacles and rigging issues.[29]
Elliott Smith	19 January 2023	Retired in Australia after breaking the bowsprit.[30]
Guy Waites	10 February 2023	Retired in Hobart after losing the life raft during a knock-down (in Chichester class since Cape Town).[31]
Ian Herbert-Jones	11 April 2023	Rolled and dismasted in the Southern Atlantic (in Chichester class since Cape Horn).[32]

• Official website