Golden Globe Race: No smartphones, no GPS and a sailor's stubborn belief everything will be OK

“Why am I doing this? Why do I want to do this? This is absolutely terrible. Who wants to put themselves through this?”Helga Marie Løvenskiold Kveseth, better known by her nickname Mara, occasionally has her wobbles when thinking about her September plans. The 35-year-old Norwegian is set to be the only woman embarking on the world’s longest and loneliest race, a 30,000-nautical-mile non-stop solo sail around the world.Advertisement