ALMA Globe 5.80 class is a tight-knit family, with builders supporting each other and race competitors helping one another. Here Hull 100 and 99 just removed from a 40ft container in Lagos. (L to R) Daniel Turner, Mike Blenkinsop, Dan Turk,John Blenkinsop

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ALMA Globe 5.80 class is a tight-knit family, with builders supporting each other and race competitors helping one another. Here Hull 100 and 99 just removed from a 40ft container in Lagos. (L to R) Daniel Turner, Mike Blenkinsop, Dan Turk,John Blenkinsop

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ALMA Globe 5.80 class is a tight-knit family, with builders supporting each other and race competitors helping one another. Here Hull 100 and 99 just removed from a 40ft container in Lagos. (L to R) Daniel Turner, Mike Blenkinsop, Dan Turk,John Blenkinsop photo copyright Christine Elizabeth Turner taken at and featuring the Class Mini 5.80 class

Class Mini 5.80

Countdown to historic McIntyre Mini Globe Race
In just two weeks, on 28 December 2024, a fleet of ALMA Globe 5.80 19ft /5.8mtr plywood home-built yachts, will set off from Marina de Lagos, Portugal, for the third Class Globe 5.80 Transat Race.