Cork Harbour Sailor Jakub Ziemkiewicz Finishes Ninth in 600-Mile Globe Transat Qualifier

4th January 2025

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Cork Harbour solo sailor Jakub Ziemkiewicz

After seven days of racing, Cork Harbour solo sailor Jakub Ziemkiewicz has finished ninth in line honours in his home-built 5.8-metre yacht Bibi on the 600-mile McIntyre 580 Globe Transat qualifier from Portugal to Lanzarote.

After years of building in backyards and garages around the world and frantic final preparations, safety checks, and briefings at Marina de Lagos Portugal, ten men and two women sailors set sail on Saturday, 28th December, on the first stage of a 28,000-mile solo odyssey around the world onboard ALMA Globe 580 home-built plywood 19ft yachts. Four more will join Antigua.

The third edition of the Globe 580 Transat Race is a qualifying transatlantic race for the Mini Globe Race, a five-stage solo round-the-world race which kicks off on February 23 from Antigua.

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