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Race timeline

March 17, 1968: The Sunday Times announces the Golden Globe Race around the world.

June 1, 1968: British army captain John Ridgway sails in English Rose IV.

June 8, 1968: British army sergeant Chay Blyth sails in Dytiscus III.

June 14, 1968: British merchant marine officer Robin Knox-Johnston sails in Suhaili.

July 21, 1968: Ridgway retires, in Recife, Brazil.

August 15, 1968: Blyth technically disqualifies himself, in Tristan da Cunha.

August 22, 1968: French sailor/author Bernard Moitessier sails in Joshua; French businessman Loïck Fougeron sails in Captain Browne.

August 24, 1968: British naval officer Bill King sails in Galway Blazer II.

September 13, 1968: Blyth retires in East London, South Africa.

September 16, 1968: British naval officer Nigel Tetley sails in Victress.

October 31, 1968: British businessman Donald Crowhurst sails in Teignmouth Electron; Italian sailor Alex Carozzo sails in Gancia Americano.

November 14, 1968: Carozzo retires in Oporto, Portugal.

November 22, 1968: King retires in Cape Town.

November 27, 1968: Fougeron retires in Saint Helena.

December 10, 1968: Crowhurst begins reporting fake positions.

January 17, 1969: Knox-Johnston rounds Cape Horn.

February 6, 1969: Moitessier rounds Cape Horn.

March 18, 1969: Moitessier announces his intention to abandon the race and sail on.

March 18, 1969: Tetley rounds Cape Horn.

March 8, 1969: Crowhurst stops in Argentina for supplies.

April 10, 1969: Crowhurst declares himself approaching Cape Horn.

April 22, 1969: Knox-Johnston finishes in Falmouth.

May 21, 1969: Tetley's Victress sinks in north Atlantic.

June 21, 1969: Moitessier stops in Tahiti.

July 1, 1969: Crowhurst dies in north Atlantic.