The event
The GLOBE 40 is a Round the World race, which is accessible to both informed amateurs and professional skippers. It is a Round the World, which combines competitive performance, adventure and travel, a Round the World whose course takes skippers off the beaten track and offers up some unique stopovers, a Round the World on a craft that is accessible both competitively and financially.
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The boat
The Class40 is the benchmark monohull for offshore racing with the 60-foot Imoca Vendée Globe.
It is an international support which gives the Globe40 a planetary dimension.
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The race
The start of the 2nd edition of the Globe40 will be given in Cadiz in Spain in September 2025.
After sailing more than 30,000 miles and completing 6 legs, the Globe40 will finish in Lorient in April 2026, Europe’s leading centre for ocean racing.
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A double race
The Globe40 is a double-handed race with the possibility of changing one of the two skippers at each stage.
2025-2026 legs program
- Sunday 31th August: start of the prologue
- Thursday 4th and Friday 5th September 2025: arrival of the competitors from Lorient (Globe40 prologue)
- Saturday 6th September: inauguration of the village and the start of the entertainment programme
- Saturday 13th September: presentation of the crews in the village
- Sunday 14th September: start of the 1st leg to Mindelo in Cape Verde
- Arrival of competitors estimated around 20th September 2025
- Thursday 02nd October 2025: start of the 2nd stage to Reunion Island
- Arrival of the competitors estimated around 1st November 2025
- Friday 21st November 2025: start of the 3rd stage to Sydney in Australia
- Arrival of competitors estimated around 15th December 2025
- Thursday 1st January 2026: start of the 4th stage to Valparaiso, Chile
- Arrival of competitors estimated around 31st January 2026
- Wednesday 18th February: start of the 5th stage to Recife, Brazil
- Estimated arrival of competitors around 15th March 2026
- Sunday 29th March: start of the 6th stage to Lorient, France
- Arrival of competitors estimated around 17th April 2026