Mini Globe Race


The Mini Globe Race is a single-handed round-the-world yacht race contested in Class Globe 5.80 yachts. The first edition of the Mini Globe Race is expected to commence in late 2025. The proposed course is westward, starting and finishing in the Caribbean, transiting Panama Canal and rounding the Cape of Good Hope. The race is expected to cover more than 26,000 miles and take 400 days to complete. The final course is not yet determined.
The Class Globe 5.80 yacht is designed as an affordable, round-the-world capable single-handed yacht that ships readily inside a standard 20' shipping container. Yacht plans have sold to more than 23 countries, and construction is underway around the world. The race is limited to 30 entrants and is expected to take around one year to complete.
Entries opened in August 2021. A pre-notice of race was published on 1 October 2021, and updated on 20 February 2023. The 2023 update included significant changes to the proposed race course and qualification requirements. The official race website was published in February 2023.

Course

Source:
Leg 1: Antigua to Panama. Truck across Panama, keels on, rigs off.
Leg 2: Panama to island of entrant’s choice, 8 day stop, to Tahiti, 7 day stop, to Tonga, 8 day stop, to Fiji.
Leg 3: Fiji to Darwin, 8 day stop, to Mauritius, 10 day stop, to Durban, 14 day stop, to Cape Town, 21 day stop.
Leg 4: Cape Town to St. Helena, 8 days pit stop, to Recife, 8 day stop, to Antigua.
Total 23500 miles
Race starters are required to have completed a prologue Globe 5.80 Transat event in either 2023 or 2024, sailing from Lagos, Portugal to Lanzarote, to Antigua.

Trophies

  • Mini Globe Race Perpetual Trophy for overall winner.
  • Individual leg winner for each leg.
  • Seniors class trophies for overall class winner and individual leg class winner.
  • The McIntyre Adventure Spirit of the MGR trophy will be presented to the most deserving entrant finishing.

    Entrants

Previously Published Course (Pre-Notice of Race 2021)

The published course is in four legs, with a seven day stop at each of the intermediate within-leg ports:
Leg 1: Portugal to Canary Islands, to Antigua, to Panama. Truck across, keels on, rigs off.
Leg 2: Panama to Tahiti, to Tonga, to Fiji.
Leg 3: Fiji to Darwin, to Mauritius, to Cape Town.
Leg 4: Cape Town to St. Helena, to Cape Verde, to Portugal.

Initially publicized race proposal

The initial publicity for the Mini Globe Race, beginning in April 2020, included the course and related trophies detailed below These were subsequently changed with publication of the pre-notice of race:

Course

The proposed course was
Leg 1: Portugal to Canary Islands, 4 day stop, to Caribbean, 7 day stop, to Panama.
Leg 2: Panama to Marquesas, 7 day stop, to Tahiti.
Leg 3: Tahiti to Tonga.
Leg 4: Tonga to Kupang, Indonesia.
Leg 5: Kupang to Mauritius, 7 day stop, to Cape Town.
Leg 6: Cape Town to Cape Verde, 7 day stop, to Portugal.

Trophies

Individual trophies are awarded for:
“Logical Route” trophy for first vessel from Europe to Tahiti.
“Bounty Challenge” trophy to winner of Leg 4 Tonga to Kupang, Indonesia.