There is a long list of requirements to be met including: safety and medical training, crew qualifications and the use of the retro gear including radio direction finders, sextant and collecting cassette music tapes.Ī critical piece of retro equipment is the HF SSB radio and Weather fax, replacing the usual satellite gear now banned, which are needed for long-distance ship to ship/shore communications and to receive up to date meteorological information. Pre-registration entry details must be submitted on 1st April. ![]() Many entrants are still in the shed for refit. In just seven months, 18 yachts will step back to 1973 and set out in the Ocean Globe Race celebrating the 50th Anniversary of that original Whitbread, using similar yachts on a similar course under similar retro conditions of the 1970’s. Over the years it became the Volvo Race for elite sailors and now The Ocean Race in foiIing IMOCAs. Sadly some were lost at sea and many retired with broken masts and boats. 17 teams, virtually all amateur, in a mix of production boats and dedicated racing machines faced the unknown in this world’s first fully crewed challenge around the globe. ![]() On September 8, 1973, the first ever Whitbread Race around the world set out.
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