The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race, held in 1968–1969, and was the first round-the-world yacht race. The race was controversial due to the failure of most competitors to finish the race and because of the apparent suicide of one entrant; however, it ultimately led to the founding of the BOC Challenge and Vendée Globe round-the-world races, both of which continue to be successful and popular.
Robin Knox-Johnston finishing his circumnavigation of the world in Suhaili as the winner of the Golden Globe Race
Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula, with the Cape of Good Hope on the bottom right
Cape Horn from the South.
Joshua, restored, at the Maritime Museum at La Rochelle
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The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as The New Observer. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes The Times. The two papers, founded separately and independently, have been under the same ownership since 1966. They were bought by News International in 1981.
Plaque at No. 4 Salisbury Court, London, commemorating the first edition of The Sunday Times
Edition number 9,813 of The Sunday Times, published on 7 October 2012