Ocean Globe Race
| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ocean Globe Race 2023 |
| Event details | |
| Start location | Southampton |
| Finish location | Cowes |
| Course | Southampton–Cape Town–Auckland–Punta del Este–Cowes |
| Key people | Don McIntyre – founder & race director |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 14 |
| Competing nations | 8 |
The Ocean Globe Race was the 50th-anniversary celebration of the original Whitbread Round the World Race, the first fully crewed round-the-world race in 1973. It was founded by Australian adventurer and circumnavigator, Don McIntyre. Except for safety equipment, no modern technology was allowed. The Ocean Globe Race set sail with 14 teams on September 10, 2023, from Ocean Village in Southampton (UK), to circumnavigate the globe with 3 stopovers: Cape Town (South Africa), Auckland (New Zealand), and rounding Cape Horn, Punta del Este (Uruguay), before returning to Cowes (UK) in April 2024.