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Dutch skipper Mark Slats waves from his boat "Ohpen Maverick" as he sets sail from Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour on July 1, 2018, at the start of the solo around-the-world "Golden Globe Race" ocean race in which sailors compete without high technology aides such as GPS or computers. - Nineteen sailors are travelling nonstop without assistance and without touching shore for about nine months, replicating a 1968 race that produced only one finisher, Britain's Sir Robin Knox-Johnston who was the only entrant to complete the race, becoming the first person to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images)