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Return of ‘the Whitbread’

Just weeks after the fifth and final competitor of 18 entrants finished the 2018 Golden Globe Race, event founder Don McIntyre announced another retro-style race called the Ocean Globe Race.

Whereas the Golden Globe Race celebrated 50 years since the original -sponsored event of that name, the 2023 Ocean

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