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Golden Globe Race 2026: 12 skippers remain as Guillou passes Cape of Good Hope longitude

Twelve of the 16 starters remain in the main race of the McIntyre Golden Globe Race 2026 after almost 60 days and up to 8,000 nautical miles at sea. On 3 November, Damien Guillou became the first skipper to pass the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope aboard his Rustler 36 Solarem, as three storms in ten days tested the fleet approaching the Southern Ocean. The sailors left Les Sables-d’Olonne on 6 September. Having crossed the Equator and worked their way down the South...