yacht Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/yacht/ Mechanically-minded travel Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:05:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Golden Globe Race 2022 – Sailing ‘Old School’! https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/golden-globe-race-2022-sailing-old-school/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/golden-globe-race-2022-sailing-old-school/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:21:34 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7916 Twelve days ago, 16 sailors in small yachts set out from les Sables d’Olonne on the French Atlantic coast to race around the world, non-stop and single-handed in the 3rd edition of the Golden Globe Race. There’s nothing particularly unusual about that. There are a number of crewed round-the-world races these days and the Vendée […]

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