24 Oct 2024

​Tick off a Rolex Fastnet Race Campaign with Clipper Events

Join the ranks of sailing legends and take part in one of the world's greatest offshore races: the Rolex Fastnet Race 2025. This isn't just a race, it's a campaign. Sign up with Clipper Events and take part in three amazing offshore races, including the iconic Rolex Fastnet Race, a world-famous 695nm route that rounds the legendary lighthouse. Clipper Events…

14 Jun 2024

Get ready to #RaceLikeALegend in this year’s Knox-Johnston Cup

The highly anticipated Knox-Johnston Cup , hosted by Clipper Events, is returning to the Solent on 28-29 September 2024 and team registration is now open! Image: Race on board Clipper…

24 Nov 2022

Get on board for an iconic Rolex Fastnet Race with Clipper Events in 2023

Clipper Events has opened up individual crew places to complete an exhilarating campaign in the 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race , on board a Clipper 68 racing yacht.…

21 Sep 2022

CLIPPER EVENTS: KNOX-JOHNSTON CUP RESULTS

The inaugural Clipper Events Knox-Johnston Cup took place at the weekend with some incredible conditions and an atmosphere to match. The flagship event saw fifteen yachts race around the Isle…

19 May 2022

Introducing: The Knox-Johnston Cup

Clipper Events, sister company to Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, has revealed plans for its inaugural Knox-Johnston Cup, a new addition to its racing schedule, taking place on 17-18 September 2022. The Knox-Johnston Cup, named in honour of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is a brand new feature on the Clipper Events racing calendar and designed to put the fun back…

1 Jul 2017

Clipper Events lines up for start of Round the Island Race

It’s an early start today for sister company Clipper Events and some 1342 fellow competitors, as they prepare to cross the start line in what is dubbed as one of…

23 Dec 2016

Clipper Events team ready to take on Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016

For many of us Boxing Day brings the enjoyment of turkey leftovers and shopping sales but for almost one hundred entries, including Clipper Events’ CV5 , it brings one of the world’s ultimate blue water classics, and staple of our previous two Clipper Race editions, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR). On board CV5 this year, one of the…

5 Sep 2016

Meet the Team – Emily Bambridge

With the 2016 sailing calendar in full swing, we welcome the friendly face of Emily Bambridge to the team to assist with the Clipper Events sailing days and regattas this…

2 Jul 2016

Clipper Events at the start line of Round the Island Race 2016

Dubbed as sailing’s answer to the London Marathon, today sister company Clipper Events will line up to cross the start of the annual Round the Island Race 2016 against 1533…

16 Aug 2015

Clipper Race crew on the Rolex Fastnet Race Start Line

Clipper Race crew are aboard the Clipper Events entry CV7 competing in the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race which gets underway at 1100 UTC (1200 BST) today with a record-sized fleet…

29 Jul 2015

Team prepares for Rolex Fastnet Race 2015

There are only 18 days to go until the competitors of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race gather at the start line to race in the popular 608 nautical mile offshore…

14 May 2015

Clipper Events offers front row experience for America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth

Clipper Events, the sister company of the Clipper Race, is offering a front row on-the-water experience for the America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth this July. Clipper Events has secured its…

16 Feb 2015

Compete in iconic race events with Clipper Ventures Australia

The Clipper Race’s Australian base invites you to join us to compete against sailing’s biggest names in two iconic races Down Under this year. The Sydney-based Clipper 68 yachts will…

29 Dec 2014

Clipper Ventures 10 finishes Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Clipper Ventures 10 has crossed the finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at 04.55 local time Tuesday (17.55 UTC Monday). International past and future Clipper Race crew…

26 Dec 2014

Clipper Ventures 10 starts Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Clipper Ventures 10 has started Australian classic offshore the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Australia in a warm, 15 knot plus breeze. The international crew of the Australia-based Clipper Events…

24 Dec 2014

Clipper Ventures 10 ready to race in 70th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Final preparations are underway on Clipper Ventures 10 in Sydney, Australia ahead of the start of offshore classic the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on December 26. Victualling and final…

13 Nov 2014

International Clipper Race sailors to bring colour to Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race again

Past and future Clipper Race crew from six different countries will once again compete in Australian classic offshore race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR) on Clipper 68 CV10.…

26 Sep 2022

​First ever Knox-Johnston Cup a huge success

The inaugural Knox-Johnston Cup was a beaming success last weekend, where participants were treated to sunny skies, good breeze and a weekend of training, sailing and socialising on the Solent.…

27 Jan 2022

Clipper Ventures reveals new Arctic Circle sailing expedition alongside relaunching events programme

Clipper Ventures will be offering expedition sailing to Greenland from summer 2022 as it unveils its new subsidiary, SKIRR Adventures . The company has also announced exhilarating big-boat racing, including…