Don McIntyre, founder of the 2108 Golden Globe race, is proud to announce the appointment of Patrice Carpentier, the well-known French sailor, author and editor of Course au Large Magazine as Race Director.

Patrice, who has been sailing since the age of 12, and is multilingual, brings a wealth of experience to this leadership role, having completed five circumnavigations. These include the first two Whitbread Round the World Races aboard Grand Louis and Gauloises 2, and two Vendée Globe solo non-stop races. He also finished 2nd overall in the 1991 Mini Transat despite suffering a broken mast during the first leg. He competed successfully with standard production yachts in two Route du Rhum races in 1982 and 1990 and was still winning in 2017 with victory in the 2-handed IRC/UNCL championship. All told, Patrice (67) has clocked up more than 300,000 sailing miles and crossed the Atlantic 35 times.

On the administrative side, he produces annual handbooks for the UNCL/IRC and Class 40 race circuits and another for the Société Nautique de La Trinité sur Mer, where he lives.

Patrice says of his appointment: “I find the Golden Globe Race extremely interesting because it takes the sport back to the roots of ocean adventure. I am honoured and excited to be helping to recreate history in this 50th anniversary race commemorating the very first solo non-stop circumnavigation won by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston back in 1968/9”

Patrice Carpentier’s appointment as Race Director now completes the core management team for the 2018 GGR, made up of:


Race Chairman and founder: Don McIntyre (AUS) don@goldengloberace.com
Race Director: Patrice Carpentier (FRA)
patrice@goldengloberace.com
Assistant Director: David Pryce (AUS)
david@goldengloberace.com
French Manager: Celine Trommenschlager (FRA)
celine@goldengloberace.com
Admin & Finance Director: Jane Zhou (CHI)
jane@goldengloberace.com
Safety Director: Shane Freeman (AUS)
safety@goldengloberace.com
Digital Content Director: Nick Jaffe (AUS)
nick@goldengloberace.com
Official Photographer: Christophe Favreau (FRA)
Christophe@goldengloberace.com


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