Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ever Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race in 1973, the Ocean Globe Race is taking circumnavigation racing back to the ordinary sailor. Over the years, round the world sailing has been overtaken by professional sailors and million-pound boats but 1973 was a time when budget played a small part, technology was minimal and humans dared to achieve. Adventurous sailors made all the decisions and the simple fleet was evenly matched. There was no such thing as GPS, mobile phones or even digital music. For the OGR we’ll be going back to navigating by the stars using paper charts & sextants, HF Radio weather fax & satellite phone for race control contact only and music on tape!