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Work with the Global Solo Challenge

As preparations for the 2027–2028 Global Solo Challenge continue, we are expanding the international network of professionals and collaborators working with the event. We are currently particularly interested in connecting with sponsorship, commercial partnerships and business development professionals who can leverage their experience, networks and professional relationships to help identify and develop new partnership opportunities […]

Irish Karl Smith enters the Global Solo Challenge, Racing to End Parkinson’s

Karl Smith – La Licorne – Halvard Mabire designed Class40. @Fintan Clarke/Coalesce The Global Solo Challenge is pleased to announce the entry of Irish skipper Karl Smith in the 2027–2028 edition of the event. Karl becomes the 25th skipper to enter the second edition of the GSC. Following four withdrawals from previously announced entrants, the […]

Would you like to be part of the Global Solo Challenge’s volunteers team?

As preparations for the 2027–2028 Global Solo Challenge continue, we’re beginning to expand the team of volunteers supporting the event. We’re currently welcoming expressions of interest for both remote volunteering and in-person roles in Vigo. Remote opportunities include media research and relations, and helping us organise and catalogue our growing photo and media archive. In […]

Pindar becomes Strategic Partner and Official Logistics Partner of the Global Solo Challenge

We are delighted to announce a new long-term Strategic Partnership between Pindar and the Global Solo Challenge (GSC) — bringing together two organisations with a shared passion for offshore sailing, innovation and creating new opportunities within the sport. As Official Logistics Partner, Pindar will provide GSC competitors with specialist worldwide support for yacht transportation, customs, […]

Pindar becomes Strategic Partner of the Global Solo Challenge

VO60 Logistics. Image @Pindar Pindar announces a Strategic Partnership aimed at supporting the future growth of the Global Solo Challenge. A partnership built on logistics, innovation and a shared vision for the future of offshore sailing. Pindar is proud to announce a new long-term Strategic Partnership with the Global Solo Challenge (GSC), becoming Official Logistics […]

Around Alone American sailor Tim Kent enters the Global Solo Challenge 2027-2028

Tim Kent – Kent Racing – Express 40 (Owen Clarke Design) Class40. Media Rebecca E. Poynton-Murray. Photo @Jamie A Anderson We are pleased to announce Tim Kent as an official entry in the Global Solo Challenge 2027–2028. Based in Oyster Bay, New York, Tim has sailed approximately 100,000 miles and has already raced solo around the […]

Ari Känsäkoski returns to the Global Solo Challenge 2027-2028

Ari Känsäkoski – ZEROchallenge – OCD Class40 – Photo: @Marta Domínguez Finnish skipper Ari Känsäkoski took the start of the Global Solo Challenge 2023-2024 on his Owen Clarke design Class40 ZEROchallenge. After rounding Cape of Good Hope he dismasted in the Roaring Forties north of the Kerguelen islands, more than a thousand two hundred miles […]