Daniel Pinsky of Israel aboard the Exodus. The strangest, most extreme race in the world. Credit: Daniel Pinsky/GGR2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeDaniel Pinsky sets off Sunday on the Golden Globe Race, a solo circumnavigation sailed the way it was in 1968 – by sextant and paper chart, alone and nonstop, for some 200 days at seaImage: Daniel Pinsky of Israel aboard the Exodus. The strangest, most extreme race in the world. Credit: Daniel Pinsky/GGR2026September 03, 2026"Right now I'm focused on one goal: getting around the world. I don't have time to think about questions like why I'm doing this, or what might happen. I prepare the boat, and that's it. It's easier for me that way – but since you ask, the mental challenge is the hardest part of the whole thing." In the NewsJohn Malkovich Cancels Israel Performance Over Quotes Falsely Attributed to HimIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Pro-Israel Group Calls Ed Sheeran to Drop Macklemore for Saying 'Free Palestine''If You Stop People-pleasing, People Will Be Displeased. That's the Hard Part'No GPS, No Resupply, No Prize: An Israeli Joins World's Toughest Sailing RaceRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuNetanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionNetanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéWhat Did Netanyahu Really Do on the Morning of October 7?