GGR2026 Weekly Q&A: Joshua One Design Mystery, Tapio’s Canopy Rule & Big Changes Revealed!
8 de novembro de 2025 · 36 min · 3K visualizações
O que este vídeo aborda
Don McIntyre hosts a live Q&A for the GGR 2026, answering pre-submitted questions about rule changes, boat eligibility, and race history.1:40 The Cape Town gate has been dropped from the 2026 course, keeping the route consistent with the 2018 edition and opening the possibility of challenging Jean-Luc Van Den Heede's record; McIntyre notes Cape Town could return in a future edition.6:10 The Joshua One Design class concept has been officially scrapped — McIntyre built one prototype but ran out of budget in 2018, and in hindsight concludes the class would have diluted the GGR's identity.21:02 The OE 32's official displacement on sailboat data sits around 5,800 kg, below the 6,200 kg minimum; the sole OE 32 that entered the 2022 race qualified by producing original builder specs showing higher displacement, and no subsequent applicant has replicated that argument.26:48 Entry requirements include 8,000 ocean miles, medical training, a survival course, and a comprehensive medical and dental examination.10:25 Boats must be 32–36 feet, full keel with rudder on the trailing edge, designed before 1988, and female-molded fiberglass production hulls.12:02 A new vane sail rule — a small, flat triangular sail set at the bow to keep the bow down when towing warps in heavy weather — now complements the no-hard-dodger rule, with existing hard dodgers grandfathered.7:56 A PLB fitted inside the life raft itself is under active discussion for the 2026 edition.20:01
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