The Mini Globe Race began on 23 February 2025 off Antigua with a starting fleet of 15 singlehanded sailors aboard Globe 5.8 one-designs, each 19 feet long; the course includes six legs, a Panama Canal transit, a rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and a final ~2,500 nautical mile leg from Recife back to Antigua to complete roughly 23,500 nautical miles.