From Sail World:
17 sailors from 12 countries will set out from Les Sables d’Olonne on Sunday, on a 9 – 10 month solo odyssey, to re-create the original Sunday Times Golden Globe race in 1968/69.
The 17 starters (1 female, 16 male) are:
- Abhilash Tomy (IND) Suhaili replica Thuriya
- Antoine Cousot (FRA) Biscay 36 Métier Intérim
- Are Wiig (DEN) OE 32 Olleanna
- Ertan Beskardes (GBR) Rustler 36 Lazy Otter
- Gregor McGuckin (IRE) Biscay 36 Hanley Energy Endurance
- Igor Zaretskiy (RUS) Endurance 35 Esmeralda
- Istvan Kopar (USA) Tradewind 35 Puffin
- Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (FRA) Rustler 36 Matmut
- Kevin Farebrother (AUS) Tradewind 35 Sagarmatha
- Loïc Lepage (FRA) Nicholson 32 Laaland
- Mark Sinclair (AUS) Lello 34 Coconut
- Mark Slats (NED) Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick
- Nabil Amra (PAL) Biscay 36 Liberty II
- Philippe Péché (FRA) Rustler 36 PRB
- Susie Goodall (GBR) Rustler 36 DHL Starlight
- Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) Gaia 36 Asteria
- Uku Randmaa (EST) Rustler 36 One and All