Sailing Sibongile

27/08/2026

Safety inspections at the Golden Globe Race are the best in the industry.
If you're interested in what's required onboard, for either the GGR or the ARC, then comment "GGR" or "ARC" down below and I'll explain how to get the list. 😎
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26/08/2026

Golden Globe Race got a wash this evening 😲😳😅
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26/08/2026

🚨💥... GGR Skippers Interview with Henry Wotton. 🙏
Super grateful to Henry Wotton for taking almost an hour out of his day after his safety inspection at the Golden Globe Race to walk me through his boat, his prep, and some very insightful thinking about how he's approaching this race.
Here's an insight into how the GGR can be done sympathetically in a beautiful boat with teak interior. 🤓

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SUPER GOOD interview with Henry Wooton, 35, aboard "Privateer" (GGR...

26/08/2026

😎👍... Top Tip...!!! Walking up to people and offering some help is a great way to get involved in some cool experiences.
Hopefully this will also result in the chance to go out for a sail on Joshua 🤞
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Golden Globe Race

25/08/2026

🚨💥 UPDATE from the Golden Globe Race
Come on down if you can. 😎
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24/08/2026

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Delightful, and delighted, to very briefly interview Dan & Kika from Sailing Uma, at the race village of the Golden Globe Race.

These two are some of the friendliest and loveliest people you'll meet. I'm looking forward to seeing them again in Gibraltar in November. 🙏😎

Here's the link to the video.

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23/08/2026

💜⛵ Come to the Golden Globe Race 🌍🐬
If you're able to, a visit to the start of the Golden Globe Race in Les Sables-d'Olonne, in France, is DEFINITELY worth it.
It's a friendly, warm, exciting environment.
It's exactly two weeks from the start, and the nerves are starting to build. 🤓😎

23/08/2026

🚨 💥... If you can... 💜 ⛵
Definitely pop down to the start village of the Golden Globe Race in Les Sables-d'Olonne, in France.
You'll have a chance to meet the competitors for this 'voyage for madmen'. 😁

22/08/2026

😎... Met these two awesome humans on the dock at the Golden Globe Race.
Dan & Kika from Sailing Uma are as friendly in real life as they are in their videos. They're helping Mara with her solar panels and departing back to Sardinia tomorrow, to carry on with their refit. Fingers crossed we'll be able to do a flash interview with them and get their thoughts on the GGR boats. 🤞
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20/08/2026

😎... First of the Skipper interviews with the skippers of the 2026 Golden Globe Race.
Ertan is a gentleman sailor of the highest order. We spent two hours talking before the interview, and also going to be helping him swap his headsail tomorrow morning.
If you're interested in this "less is more" approach to preparing for an epic offshore race, here's the link.
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So grateful to Ertan Beskardes (65) who spent over 3hrs with me, in...