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- Leg 1: Race 1 - Portsmouth, United Kingdom - Puerto Sherry, Spain
- Leg 1: Race 2 - Puerto Sherry, Spain - Punta del Este, Portugal
- Leg 2: Race 3 - Punta del Este, Uruguay - Cape Town, South Africa
- Leg 3: Race 4 - Cape Town, South Africa - Fremantle, Australia
- Leg 4: Race 5 - Fremantle, Australia - Newcastle, Australia
- Leg 5: Race 6 - Newcastle, Australia - Whitsundays, Australia
- Leg 5: Race 7 - Whitsundays, Australia - Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam
- Leg 5: Race 8 - Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam - Zhuhai, China
- Leg 6: Race 9 - Zhuhai, China - Qingdao, China
- Leg 6: Race 10 - Qingdao, China - Seattle, USA
- Leg 7: Race 11 - Seattle, USA - Panama
- Leg 7: Race 12 - Panama - Washington DC, USA
- Leg 8: Race 13 - Washington DC, USA - Oban, Scotland
- Leg 8: Race 14 - Oban, Scotland - Portsmouth, United Kingdom
- Leg 8: Race 15 - SPARE RACE
5 Sep 2022
Q&A: Former Clipper Race Skipper takes on Golden Globe Race
Former Clipper Race Skipper Guy Waites is taking on one of the most remarkable sailing challenges on the planet - the Golden Globe Race. It’s a challenge that is close to the heart of the Clipper Race. Its first edition propelled Founder and Chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston to fame when he was the only entrant to complete it in 1969.…
11 Apr 2022
Crossing the International Date Line
In the coming days, the Clipper Race fleet is set to tick off the next big Race 10 milestone - crossing the International Date Line. Whilst it has no technical…
9 Dec 2020
Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride
With the Vendée Globe fleet battling the Southern Ocean we thought we'd share more of what was captured as the Clipper Race faced its mighty force last year. This footage…
7 Dec 2020
One Year On: Top Three Teams arrive into Fremantle after challenging race across Southern Ocean
The 4,750 nautical mile Southern Ocean stage of the Clipper 2019-20 Race is a true test of physical and mental fortitude. Marking the quarter-way point of the circumnavigation, the race…
4 Dec 2020
Race Crew Reflections: Helming in the Southern Ocean
Clipper Race Crew are encouraged to blog about their on the race experiences so followers back at home can live vicariously through their adventures. One such blog was sent back from the Southern Ocean by Frank Hoogland, who was competing on the Imagine your Korea team and racing from Cape Town to Fremantle. Here are some excepts from his blog…
23 Nov 2020
Crew Perspective: She’s arrived, reflections on Southern Ocean
Blog: She's Arrived Race Crew: Callum Brown Team: GoToBermuda Leg: The Southern Ocean Leg, from Cape Town to Fremantle Date: November 2019 So she was treating us kindly, trying to…
13 Nov 2020
Crew Perspective - Battling the Waves On Race to Cape Town
For New Zealander Susie Blair, a round-the-world crew member on WTC Logistics , her race down to Cape Town saw big sea states and high wind speeds. During the Spinlock South Atlantic Showdown, Susie's team was one of the yachts that travelled the furthest south, at one point, dipping into the Southern Ocean. In her blog, written in the midst…
26 Sep 2020
Meet the Crew: Ian Wang
“This is probably the most extreme thing I will ever do in my entire life!” Says Ian Wang a 43-year-old, Software architect, from Cardiff, who traded computers for sailing spending…
26 Jun 2020
Meet the Crew: Terri Fisher
Terri lives in the Northern Irish city of Derry-Londonderry and is affectionately known to her teammates as ‘Terri From Derry’. Her road to joining the Clipper Race was a short…
30 Dec 2019
Race 5 Day 8: Bracing for change
“Somewhere very close by, in the grey murk, a cold front is creeping up on us” says Zhuhai Skipper Nick Leggatt. After eight days of racing around the clock, change…
12 Dec 2019
Race 4 Day 25: One last match race
Following the arrival of Seattle into Fremantle overnight, just three Clipper Race teams remain at sea, navigating their way towards Western Australia. Unicef, Punta del Este and Visit Sanya, China…
2 Dec 2019
Race 4 Day 15: In Pictures
Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam has relinquished its windward position, and the lead, to Qingdao after completing the Dell Latitude Rugged Ocean Sprint. The chasing pack prepares to enter the…
1 Dec 2019
Race 4 Day 14: A New Leader
After two weeks at sea, Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam has retaken the lead from close rival Qingdao in Race 4: the Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride. 18 nautical mile…
30 Nov 2019
Race 4 Day 13: Sprint or a stroll in the sunshine?
Lighter winds and sunshine greeted the teams towards the front of the pack on the thirteenth day of racing in The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride. It is time to…
27 Nov 2019
Race 4 Day 10: Squalls, sails and hail
The leading teams are reaching the midway point of Leg 3, and with Clipper Race Meteorologist, Simon Rowell, calling the weather ‘fruity’, there were lots of individual sail battles for…
23 Nov 2019
Race 4 Day 6: Joining the ‘Roaring’ Forties Club
On the sixth day of Race 4: The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride, the racing teams are all within 280 nautical miles of each other as they power up towards…
21 Nov 2019
Race 4 Day 4: Close Racing at the Top of the Leaderboard
“I feel we have poked the angry red dragon, Qingdao, and now I can feel them breathing down our necks!” This is what Josh Stickland, Skipper of Ha Long Bay,…
20 Nov 2019
Race 4 Day 3: Conditions Liven up as the Race Remains Tight
On the third day of Race 4: The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride, the upwind slam has subsided for most of the Clipper Race Crews, but whilst the fleet is…
19 Nov 2019
Race 4 Day 2: Early Pressure for Leading Team
“All lined up like little tin soldiers” is how the fleet has been described. Check out the Race Viewer and you’ll see that a neat formation on Clipper 70s in…
18 Nov 2019
Race 4 Day 1: The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride gets Underway
Race 4: The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride, a 4,750 nautical mile ocean crossing from Cape Town, South Africa to Fremantle, Australia is underway. Yesterday the fleet left the V&A…
16 Nov 2019
Race 4: Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride
Basking in the shadow of Table Mountain, the Clipper Race fleet makes its final preparations ahead of Race 4; a 4,750 nautical mile ocean crossing from Cape Town, South Africa…
7 Dec 2017
Race 4 Day 5: Tight Racing in Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint
The Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint is in full swing on day 5 of Race 4: The ClipperTelemed+ Tasman Test, and the racing remains as close as ever. Qingdao has continued…
2 Dec 2017
Australian Skipper Has Brilliant Start in Race Home to Sydney
The Clipper Race fleet has left Fremantle, bound for Sydney, and Sanya Serenity Coast Skipper Wendy Tuck clearly can’t wait to be home, with her team dominating race start for…
2 Dec 2017
Skippers Preview Race 4: The ClipperTelemed+ Tasman Test
After the toughest Leg in Clipper Race history, participants have had a chance to recuperate in Fremantle (Western Australia) ahead of Race 4: The ClipperTelemed+ Tasman Test towards Sydney. The…
17 Nov 2017
Race 3 Day 17: Sleigh Ride Begins Ahead of Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint
Christmas has come early for the Clipper Race fleet which is finally enjoying the downwind sailing conditions that teams have been hoping for as they gear up for the Elliot…
15 Nov 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Nell Wyatt
Name: Nell Wyatt Age: 58 Nationality: British Occupation: Doctor Legs: Full Circumnavigation Team: Garmin “I love feeling the wind and the waves on my face and trying to interpret how…
13 Nov 2017
Race 3 Day 13: Winds Frustrate Across Fleet
A waiting game has descended over the Clipper Race fleet, with all the teams waiting on the wind to decide their fates heading into the second half of Race 3:…
11 Nov 2017
Race 3 Day 11: Sanya Serenity Coast Triumphs in Scoring Gate
The first points of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race have gone to Sanya Serenity Coast , who crossed the Scoring Gate in first place overnight. Sanya Serenity Coast…
10 Nov 2017
Race 3 Day 10: Race to the Scoring Gate
PSP Logistics remains in top spot on the leader board for Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race to Fremantle, Australia, but the real race at the moment is who…
9 Nov 2017
RACE 3 DAY 9: SAILING THE UNFAVOURABLE TACK
PSP Logistics has moved into pole position on Day 9 of the Dell Latitude Rugged Race to Fremantle. Sticking to the more southerly route, it has taken a 32 nautical…
6 Nov 2017
Race 3 Day 6: Squalls Test Fleet
Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race is known to serve up some of the most exhilarating and testing conditions of the entire circumnavigation and, over the last 24 hours,…
5 Nov 2017
HotelPlanner.com Departs Port Elizabeth Following Diversion
UPDATE - SUNDAY 05 NOVEMBER HotelPlanner.com has departed Port Elizabeth after a successful medevac of round the world crew member, Greg Adams (59), who had a suspected fractured arm. The…
3 Nov 2017
Race 3 Day 3:Welcome to the Southern Ocean
The last 24 hours has brought about a dramatic change for the Clipper Race fleet as it experiences the true conditions of the Southern Ocean for the first time on…
30 Oct 2017
The Dell Latitude Rugged Race 3 Preview
After an amazing stopover in Cape Town, South Africa, the Clipper Race crew are now preparing to leave on Tuesday 31 October for Race 3, to Fremantle, Australia, which will…
25 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 25: Battle continues for final positions in the Wardan Whip
The fight for sixth place could go down to a photo finish for IchorCoal and Mission Performance , with just 0.35 nautical miles separating the pair at 1000 UTC, and…
22 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 22: LMAX Exchange on course to win Wardan Whip today
After 22 days of racing, LMAX Exchange is within 55 nautical miles of the Wardan Whip finish line and, with approximately 120 nautical miles separating it from second placed Qingdao…
21 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 21: Varying team tactics make for exciting closing stages
While the front of the fleet is hoping to have cleared the last of the very light winds, the boats further back are averaging 10 to 12 knots as they…
20 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 20: Final approach gets complicated as leaders enter Stealth Mode
Competition is hotting up as the teams make their way out of the Southern Ocean chill and get ever closer to the warmth of Western Australia. Front three teams, LMAX…
18 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 18: Teams brace against Southern Ocean Storm as Changeable Conditions set in
After a highly anticipated build up, the western half of the Clipper Race fleet braced against a ferocious Southern Ocean storm in the last 24 hours and has come out…
16 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 16: Ocean Sprints commence and teams prepare for strong front
The sun is shining and life at sea has been brighter and steadier, however a powerful incoming front, likely the strongest experienced so far in this race with gusts forecast…
15 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 15: Winds ease to give teams a temporary breather
Steady surfs and large swells eased over the past 24 hours and light, fluffy winds overnight and this morning are now providing a temporary time out from the strenuous Southern…
11 Nov 2015
Race 3 Day 11: Mixed wind fortune as sleigh ride continues for lead half of fleet
Lighter winds slowed progress for some yesterday, but depending on their position in the spread out fleet, winds have now built again and the blustery sleigh ride is back on…