![]() ![]() Two have stopped for repairs in Cape Town but managed to restart: Edouard de Keyser on Solarwind and Ari Känsäkoski on ZEROchallenge. Of the 16 boats that started in the Global Solo Challenge, two have formally retired. The latest to drop out of the entries list of the Global Solo Challenge are American skipper Curt Morlock on the ex-IMOCA 6 Lazy K, who was due to start on December 9, and the Turkish sailor Volkan Kaan Yemlihaoğlu with his Open 70 Black Betty, who was due to start January 6.īoth fought teeth and nails to make the start but the financial demands of what would have been the two fastest boats in the fleet were felt hard by the two entrants until both had to come to terms with the impossibility to close the gap in funding needed to prepare their boats safely for this demanding event. The starting roster had a total of 20 entries of the nearly 60 that had initially registered for the event. A week of challenges for each of the 15 skippers still in the event. Every week at the Global Solo Challenge is a whirlwind of fast sailing, technical problems to overcome, frustration, isolation as well as achievements. ![]()
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