Talk:Sunday Times Golden Globe Race/Timeline sidebar
Race timeline
March 17, 1968: The Sunday Times announces the Golden Globe Race around the world.
June 1, 1968: British army captain John Ridgway sails in English Rose IV.
June 8, 1968: British army sergeant Chay Blyth sails in Dytiscus III.
June 14, 1968: British merchant marine officer Robin Knox-Johnston sails in Suhaili.
July 21, 1968: Ridgway retires, in Recife, Brazil.
August 15, 1968: Blyth technically disqualifies himself, in Tristan da Cunha.
August 22, 1968: French sailor/author Bernard Moitessier sails in Joshua; French businessman Loïck Fougeron sails in Captain Browne.
August 24, 1968: British naval officer Bill King sails in Galway Blazer II.
September 13, 1968: Blyth retires in East London, South Africa.
September 16, 1968: British naval officer Nigel Tetley sails in Victress.
October 31, 1968: British businessman Donald Crowhurst sails in Teignmouth Electron; Italian sailor Alex Carozzo sails in Gancia Americano.
November 14, 1968: Carozzo retires in Oporto, Portugal.
November 22, 1968: King retires in Cape Town.
November 27, 1968: Fougeron retires in Saint Helena.
December 10, 1968: Crowhurst begins reporting fake positions.
January 17, 1969: Knox-Johnston rounds Cape Horn.
February 6, 1969: Moitessier rounds Cape Horn.
March 18, 1969: Moitessier announces his intention to abandon the race and sail on.
March 18, 1969: Tetley rounds Cape Horn.
March 8, 1969: Crowhurst stops in Argentina for supplies.
April 10, 1969: Crowhurst declares himself approaching Cape Horn.
April 22, 1969: Knox-Johnston finishes in Falmouth.
May 21, 1969: Tetley's Victress sinks in north Atlantic.
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