Daniel Pinsky: navigating an ocean race without routine GPS

Daniel Pinsky’s Golden Globe Race entry explains traditional navigation with a sextant and paper charts, alongside satellite tracking and emergency GPS.

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An ocean race without routine GPS. Daniel Pinsky’s Golden Globe Race entry explains traditional navigation with a sextant and paper charts, alongside satellite tracking and emergency GPS.
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A sextant and paper charts. Daniel Pinsky’s Golden Globe Race entry explains traditional navigation with a sextant and paper charts, alongside satellite tracking and emergency GPS.
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Tracking and emergency equipment. Daniel Pinsky’s Golden Globe Race entry explains traditional navigation with a sextant and paper charts, alongside satellite tracking and emergency GPS.
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Daniel Pinsky set off from France on 6 September 2026 aboard Exodus, a Baba 35 built in 1980.

The Golden Globe Race combines a solo voyage around the world with traditional navigation. Sailors use a sextant and paper charts while organizers follow satellite tracking.

Emergency GPS units are carried in a sealed box. Breaking its seal moves an entrant into a separate race category.

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An ocean race without routine GPS

GOLDEN GLOBE 2026 No routine GPS. What guides him? Israeli sailor Daniel Pinsky entered aboard Exodus to sail alone around the world.

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A sextant and paper charts

THE NAVIGATION With a sextant and paper charts. Sun Horizon Measured angle A sextant measures the angle between the horizon and the sun or a star.

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Tracking and emergency equipment

THE SAFETY A safety link to shore. Ashore Organizers track each boat by satellite. On board Sailors carry emergency GPS units in a sealed box.

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