Puffin Restoration Part 16: Annapolis Detour
I have been working on Puffin’s race prep around the clock for almost three years now. It has taken far more time and labor than my first circumnavigator boatbuilding, because I have less money and [...]
Puffin Restoration Part 15: No Time For Winter Hibernation
The start of the race is only 164 days away, and there is no time for winter hibernation now! Speaking at the GGR Presentation at the 2017 Paris Boat Show Gathered [...]
Puffin Restoration Part 14: Becoming a Seabird Again
Puffin in Willsboro Bay Marina, late summer 2015 Puffin finally looks like a puffin again! Puffin’s launch on October 10 was an exciting milestone, but the celebration was literally short-lived since [...]
Golden Globe Race News
2018 Golden Globe Race moves to Les Sables d’Olonne, France
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, France. The 2018 Golden Globe Race, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the original event back in 1968/9 which led to the first solo non-stop circumnavigation, will now start from Les Sables [...]
2018 Golden Globe Race – 365 days to Plymouth start
Dateline: Plymouth 30th June 2017. One year from today, up to 30 sailors will set out from Plymouth UK to recreate history at the start of a solo circumnavigation in small traditional long keeled yachts [...]
Susie Goodall secures DHL as primary sponsor for 2018 GGR entry
British yachtswoman Susie Goodall has secured DHL Express as her primary sponsor for her 2018 Golden Globe Race entry. Goodall (27) from Bournheath, Worcestershire, is the youngest among a 30-strong entry list and one of [...]
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Solo circumnavigation of the globe. Fewer than 300 sailors in history have accomplished it, less than the number of people who have climbed Mt. Everest, or even those who have gone to space. In 1990, Istvan Kopar set out to earn his place among this elite fraternity—and to do so with only one stop…
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About Captain Kopar
Despite growing up in a landlocked country behind the Iron Curtain, Istvan Kopar was determined from a young age to be a sailor and a circumnavigator. He is now recognized as one of the most accomplished sailors in the world, and has the accolades to prove it…
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