Mike Golding Yacht Racing

Vendée Globe

2008/9 – retired following dismasting whilst leading at midway stage in the Southern Ocean

2004/5 – 3rd place. Lost keel 50 miles from line but still managed to ‘sail’ across finish line

2000/1 – 7th place. Set course record for 4th fastest time, despite dismasting and restarting race eight days after fleet

The Velux 5 Oceans
2006/7 – retired from race following his rescue of fellow competitor, Alex Thomson, and subsequent dismasting in the Southern Ocean

BT Global Challenge
1996/7 – 1st place. Won five out of six legs

Group 4 Global Challenge
1993/4 broke Sir Chay Blyth’s world record for single-handed, non-stop round the world against prevailing winds and tides by 125 days. Held the record for 7 years

British Steel Challenge

1992/3 – 2nd place. Record for fastest crewed west-about circumnavigation with stops

Transat Jacques Vabre

2011 – 9th place (Co-skipper – Bruno Dubois)

2009 – 3rd place (Co-skipper – Javier Sanso)

2007 – 5th place (Co-skipper – Bruno Dubois)

2005 – 4th place (Co-skipper – Dominique Wavre)

2003 – 3rd place (Co-skipper – Brian Thompson)

2001 – 2nd place (Co-skipper – Marcus Hutchinson)

1999 – 3rd place (Co-skipper – Ed Danby)

The Transat

2004 – 1st place. Set new east-west transatlantic record

2000 – 3rd place

The Transat B to B

2011 – 4th place

Défi Atlantique

2003 – 1st place

Route du Rhum
2002 – 2nd place. Broke event monohull record by two days

EDS Atlantic Challenge

2001 – 3rd place

Calais Round Britain and Ireland

2005 – 2nd place

2003 – 3rd place

Extreme Sailing Series

2010 – 3rd place in the Extreme 40 European Circuit

SNSM Trophy
2006 – 1st place, race record