Asteria was escorted the final 10 miles by Bernard Moitessier's famous French Golden Globe Race yacht Joshua.

© Christophe Favreau / PPL / GGR Three years to the start of the 2022 Golden Globe Race
An independent analysis report compiled by Meltwater on media coverage secured during the 2018 Golden Globe Race shows that the Race gained US$185m worth of coverage world-wide.