After sailing thousands of miles offshore, the Mini Globe Race 2025 skippers share exactly how the Globe 5.80 and the gear on board stands up with Stephanie Jones.
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How the Mini Globe Race 2025 fleet is facing the fierce Agulhas Currents in Leg 3
The Mini Globe Race 2025 is drawing closer to the end of Leg 3, with solo skippers rapidly approaching Durban on their homebuilt, 19ft plywood ALMA Globe 5.80 micro-yachts. Here…
Preparing a small boat for heavy weather with advice from the skippers of the Jester Challenge 2025
The Jester Challenge 2025 once again proved a fertile ground for examples of how a short-handed crew can prepare for heavy weather scenarios. The challenge began in 2006 and was…
Saved by the safety line: How solo sailor Eric Marsh got back onboard his boat after falling overboard in the Mini Globe Race
Sailor and author Graham Cox talks to Mini Globe Race skipper, Eric Marsh about his man overboard incident and how he managed to get back on board his 19ft yacht
‘I thought it was all over’: man overboard drama hits Mini Globe Race 2025
Overnight (17 October), Eric Marsh of Sunbear took a chilling tumble. It was the first man overboard in the Mini Globe Race 2025, the adventurous solo circumnavigation on the homebuilt…
Stitelmann keeps the lead as Mini Globe Race 2025 leaves for Mauritius
Spirits high and water-tanks freshly topped up, the last of the Mini Globe Race 2025 fleet is setting off for Stage 3 of Leg 3, a 1,500 stretch from the…
Southampton Boat Show 2025: everything you need to know
The UK's biggest boating and watersports festival returns to Southampton in September, with a new layout and stages
And then there were 12…Leg 3 of the Mini Globe Race underway
Following three retirements, 12 Mini Globe Race skippers crossed the start line of Leg 3 for a 10,000 mile race from Fiji to Cape Town
End of Leg 2 of the Mini Globe Race, Stietlmann soon to arrive in Fiji
Mini Globe Race leader Renauld Stitelmann is already approaching Fiji. The rest of the fleet closes out their stop in Tonga, with three still to arrive
Stitelmann first to leave the Marquesas in Leg 2 of the Mini Globe Race
In the latest from the Mini Globe Race, Renaud Stitelmann (Capucinette) is the first to set out from the Marquesas Islands. After completing his 8 day pitstop on Hiva On,…
Next stop Fiji! Mini Globe Race skippers start Leg 2 amid gear issues
13 of the Mini Globe Race entrants are now racing towards Fiji in their 19ft plywood boats, a further two skippers are expected to be underway by next week
Renaud Stitelmann wins Leg One of the Mini Globe Race 2025
Swiss sailor Renaud Stitelmann, who won the Globe 5.80 Transat, has taken Leg One of the Mini Globe Race 2025
Mini Globe Race 2025 underway: racing 19ft boats around the world
14 skippers have crossed the start line of the Mini Globe Race 2025, with the first leg taking entrants from Antigua to Panama
Renaud Stitelmann wins the 2024 Globe 5.80 Transat
Swiss racer Renaud Stitelmann has taken the crown in the 2024 Globe 5.80 Transat, crossing the Atlantic in just over 22 days in his 19ft plywood yacht
Talks schedule and sailing stars confirmed for RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show
A host of British sailing stars are set to join tactical and technical experts and inspiring adventurers as guest speakers at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show
Keri Harris: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
British skipper Keri Harris is determined to take victory in the Mini Globe Race 2025. He shares how he is optimising his 19ft plywood boat to win
Christian Sauer: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Christian Sauer has sailed and raced in European waters but never around the world, and never in a 19ft boat he has built himself. He shares how he has prepared…
Eric Marsh: Mini Globe Race skipper 2025
Eric Marsh has always wanted to sail around the world. He is now preparing to finally achieve that dream, by taking part in the 2025 Mini Globe Race
Josh Kali: Mini Globe Race skipper 2025
As a mountain climber, Josh Kali has experienced the worst Mother Nature can throw at him on land, but what about at sea? He shares why he has set his…
Ertan Beskardes: Mini Globe Race skipper 2025
Ertan Beskardes shares why he believes the 2025 Mini Globe Race is his chance to achieve his dream of sailing around the world