CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterWikipedia[2] and the Golden Globe Race's own coverage confirm the 6 September 2026 start from Les Sables-d'Olonne; the end date is an estimate from the expected eight-month duration.
Sixteen skippers left Les Sables-d'Olonne on 6 September 2026 on the fourth Golden Globe Race, a solo non-stop circumnavigation of about 30,000 nautical miles with sextants and paper charts, expected to take around eight months.
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