Visit The 3-day Suhaili celebrations promise to be well supported with fleets of yachts from France, Netherlands and other parts of the UK joining this jamboree of sail. Lively Lady will then return to Portsmouth to mark her own 50th anniversary of Sir Alec’s victorious return on 4th July. ‘We’ve suffered some delays but are determined to join the Suhaili celebrations, even if the paint is still wet!’ says Alan Priddy who has led yacht’s restoration. Visit Lively Lady, in which Sir Alec completed a solo circumnavigation around the three great Capes with two stops back in 1968, is currently undergoing a complete refit near Portsmouth. Sir Robin, returning with his yacht Suhaili, will be joined by two other history-making yachts, Sir Francis Chichester’s Gipsy Moth IV and Sir Alec Rose’s Lively Lady and the 19-strong GGR fleet, which will be based at Falmouth Haven Marina from 11th-14th June.
Plans are now well advanced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s departure from Falmouth at the start of the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race back in 1968. Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of Sail June 11 – 14 French skippers Antoine Cousot ( Métier Intérim) and Jean-Luc Van Den Heede ( Matmut) have just had their boats baptised and are now busy sailing Ertan Beskardes (GBR) has reached Vigo with just the Bay of Biscay to cross before reaching Falmouth during his long solo delivery voyage from Sardinia Istvan Kopar (USA/Hungary) set sail from Oyster Bay New York on April 29 at the start of his long transatlantic voyage to the start – visit Australian Kevin Farebrother now has his Tradewind 35 Sagarmatha sailing out of Les Sables d’Olonne and was joined last week by Philippe Péché (FRA) after making a 2-day solo passage to test his wind vane self steering system. With just 2 months to the start of the Golden Globe Race from Les Sables d’Olonne on July 1st, skippers are working feverishly to complete their preparations ready to take part in the Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of Sail celebrations between 11-14th June. Media opportunities to interview Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and join GGR skippers for the SITraN Challenge Race from Falmouth to Les Sables d’Olonne.Cruising Association flotillas plan to escort Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Suhaili into Falmouth and Les Sables d’Olonne Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of sail celebrations take shape.Entries: 19 sailors from 13 countries – France 4, Britain 3, Australia 2, and one each from Estonia, Finland, Ireland, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Russia and USA.American Istvan Kopar sets out on transatlantic crossing 5 more yachts launched and 4 more are imminent.Skippers are working feverishly to complete their preparations
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