After many months of COVID related delays, Kirsten and Minnehaha are together at last.

Welcome to the inaugural newsletter for the Kirsten Neuschäfer GGR fundraising campaign. The purpose of this newsletter is to share information, highlights and updates with everyone supporting Kirsten's progress as she prepares for the 2022 Golden Globe Race.

Kirsten is currently the only female and one of only two South Africans participating. Kirsten has been sailing dinghies since her childhood, but sailing since 2006 as a profession. From sailing training to sailboat deliveries, she built a diverse set of skills and experience. In 2015, she began working for Skip Novak on his Pelagic Expeditions to South Georgia, The Antarctic Peninsula, Patagonia and the Falklands. She currently skippers “Pelagic” a fifty-foot sail boat owned by the legendary Skip Novak.

About the race: The Golden Globe Race 2022, a solo, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation. This retro race is based upon the first solo circumnavigation race that took place in 1968. In order to stay true to the original circumnavigation, boats are all older designs, no bigger than 36 foot- and modern navigational technology, like GPS, is not permitted. Instead she will be depending upon her skills in celestial navigation and dead reckoning. The route for the race is France, down the Atlantic, east-about the Southern Ocean, and back up the Atlantic to France- an approximate distance of 30,000 nautical miles and anywhere from 7 to 9 months or more at sea.