Ocean Globe Race

Whilst we await the arrival of the Clipper RTW Race, we were fortunate enough to witness the arrival of the last boat on the Ocean Globe Race on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday we watched the main fleet sail out, heading off towards Auckland. A riot of colour.

This RTW race is different from the Clipper in several ways and this is what we learned : each boat has less crew on board and all crew members have significant sailing experience (up to 33% professional), boats are privately owned and therefore all slightly different, no GPS is allowed. This year there are only three legs - Southampton -Cape Town- Auckland- Punta Del Este-Southampton. They sail around 7000 nautical miles on each leg.

Quite an event and we were very excited to see the last boat arrive on Saturday. According to OGR rules, it now has to wait 3 days before it can set sail again, so it must have been frustrating for them to watch the main fleet sail out again within 24 hours of their arrival. We were also excited to watch the Maiden, a yacht with 100% female crew, sail out first from Cape Town.

[eDorre]

Wow! Great busy scene. Thanks for explaining

[julia]

Sounds like a busy port with all that coming and going..

[Dawn]

So busy

[Diana]

Oh what a wonderful time you must have had, now you know what it will be like on Thursday.

I have never heard or seen anything about this race on the news or else I would have tried to be there too.

Lovely capture of these tightly berthed boats and crew.

[Dianne]

You will be getting very excited to see your girl!

[Jennifer Eurell]

Always a lot of excitement around the yacht races. I have sailed without a GPS - even used a sextant to find a position as well as a lot of coastal navigation using lighthouses, and bearings off anything we could identify. The GPS was a game changer, but it nice to see that there are still sailors doing it the hard way.

[Boxplayer]

Such activity

[Casablanca]

That is fabulous and a great foretaste of your lovely girl's arrival soon! No GPS? Oof! That may be a shock for some to get the charts and sextants out again! Sounds absolutely thrilling though.

[Kathy A]

So much activity going on

[Wylie]

It really is a riot of colour and activity

[Babs]

So much to look at in this photo. A very busy scene.

[Joan Robillard]

Good capture

[Valerie Chesney]

A very busy & colourful capture.
Exciting to see & thanks for the info.

[Leslie]

Wow that is so busy, with so much to see. Sounds exciting .

[Junan Heath]

Great colorful shot!

[KWind]

Great shot. So much to look at!

[Pat Knowles]

For a busy scene it’s a very well balanced photo. Would make a great jigsaw! Bet you’re getting excited now!

[Beverley]

Fabulous - thank you for sharing

[Tunia McClure]

That 3 day wait must be so hard but probably a chance to fix things.

[Kathy]

Quite a busy scene. It reminds me of one of those puzzles where you have to find the difference in the pictures. I hope you had a good visit with your daughter.

[Phil Howcroft]

great storytelling image , lots to see Issi

[LManning (Laura)]

Full of action and energy.

[Pam Knowler]

How exciting!

[Bill Ososki]

You captured the busyness, clutter, and excitement.

[Rick]

Nice capture. Looks like a lot going on.

[haskar]

I really liked this port mess. Everything is out in the open, everyone is doing strange things and there is a constant rush. And when you hear the word "seaclear", everything returns to normal and you can leave to sea.

[Islandgirl]

Wow what an exciting time, great photo!