The eight-month event will see 14 vessels lap the globe without using modern technology.
A fleet of 14 yachts and 200 sailors have arrived in Southampton ahead of an eight-month race around the world.
Described as a retro race, the yachts taking part have no modern technology onboard with crews using sextant's to navigate the 27,000 miles.Ocean Globe Race founder and race director Don McIntyre said: "It is an epic challenge. The boats taking part have to be designed before 1988 and either be former Whitbread entrants, from one of the previous races, or ocean cruising boats.
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