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ALMA Globe 580's trying desperately to sail SW toward Galapagos in light winds and thunderstorms but strong currents override everything…scattering the fleet and pushing them 90-180 degrees off course and dragging them away
Boobies like bowsprits while sailing along and the bonus!! when they poop, it's not over the solar panels or deck!!
Your windvane is not only your best friend, but critical for solo around the world and Jakub is not happy with a WINDPILOT problem that was eventually fixed for now
Aussie Father and son team Mike Blenkinsop ( #99 Delja99 ), AKA Popeye & John Blenkinsop (#100 DELJA 100 ) are still in Panama hoping to set sail finally tomorrow or saturday! That may look like a giant swan …but it is John's tender
All the sailors have seen plenty of logs (many have hit them) and debris on this leg..a well documented issue out of Panama that should now decrease leaving Galapagos
Josh Kali is the sweep boat at the back of the fleet, but enjoying the ride in his beautiful SKOOKUM loaded with water and 5 litre water bottles. Single use plastic is banned in the MGR, but 5 ltr Jugs are reusable
Pilar Pasanau with around 200 ltrs of water…All 580's are around 1.3 – 1.4 Tonne for this leg, heavy for a 19ft/5.8mtr MIni! A POGO Class Mini 650 is around 900KG with three or four times the sail area Flying across the Atlantic! Pilar has done that too!
After steering through torrential rain and thunder squalls for hours with the bonus of a free bath, but staying too long in the bath!! double bonus..at least it is not cold!
Jasmine Harrison from UK, a champion ocean swimer and solo atlantic rower is making her mark as a solo sailor now and clearly surprising herself!! She is loving the Pacific! and like most of the fleet filing cool videos and pics with her STARLINK Mini!
Christian Sauer went for a swim while becalmed and was joined by an Oceanic White Tip and then seven of his mates!!…not knowing about fearsome reputation of this type! TIP!…always swim with mask and remember this type, keep looking & get out if they visit
Jasmine Harrison continues her circumnavigation
After one false start and two modified trailers the first ALMA Globe 580 is loaded at Shelter Bay marina on the Atlantic side
Jasmine Harison (#88 NUMBATOU / UK ) the last skipper to finally achieve her Green Card to race having passed the first stage of her Celestial Nav. Qualification and she is very happy about that!
Pilar Pasanau (#98 PETER PUNK / ESP) underway and for first time with everything she needs to perform well, with a replacement spinnaker lost in a previous event, a new Hydrovane windvane and feeling healthy and happy after a food allergy on the first leg
33 degrees, 5-10 knots, lots of shipping and a drifting start to a 7400 mile leg! weighed down with around 200 liters of water...not fast yet! but excited to be underway in their Mighty ALMA Globe 580 Mini's
15 proud, happy and HOT builder sailors about to set off from Panama on a grand solo adventure in the boats that make them all feel very proud every time they look at them!! An amazing combination that is even more than just a solo circumnavigation..
The ALMA Globe 580 fleet sailing in 2-3kt current pushing them out into the Pacific while on the lookout for rubbish in the waters
The only good road is through the Panama Jungle (with monkeys that would raid the boat yard) before the bumpy highway and hectic city traffic for a 3 hour 100KM road trip to the Pacific Ocean
Shortly after notifying fleet of a 13mtr log 60cm in diameter right in front of the advancing fleet Dan Turner reported more rubbish! “sailed through a patch of debris / rubbish in the ocean hitting quite a large log which managed to lodge itself on keel
Preparing for the Trip by land across to the pacific , a US750 alternative to the Panama Canal with a few small challenges getting the trailers right but we start moving today!
Mini Globe Race 2025 Leg 1 Result
While leading the pack all the way, RENAUD bakes his signature cakes, not from a BOX!! but raw materials…a true SWISS BAKER
There is something quite special about round the world race briefings under a tent in the tropics…it's called LIVING THE DREAM
Oldest in the fleet at 71 AUSSIE ERIC MARSH sailed 25 days to windward to make start in Antigua arriving just 3 days before the start. He ran aground on 5 minute gun and 10 this first leg of the MGR was the first time he had ever sailed his boat downwind
One 45ft Multihull berth fits eight ALMA GLOBE 580 one design adventure machines!
Gary Swindail
Dan Turner competing in the Mini Globe Race 2025
Dan Turner competing in the Mini Globe Race 2025
Dan Turner competing in the Mini Globe Race 2025
Dan Turner competing in the Mini Globe Race 2025