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  2. Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Ends After 40,000 Miles

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  6. Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Ends After 40,000 Miles

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  1. 54-knot winds severely deplete 2024 Round the Island Race fleet

    Extreme conditions severely depleted the 2024 Round the Island Race fleet, with hundreds of boats opting not to compete or retiring in 50-knot winds

  2. Shocking video of The Ocean Race crash

    The Ocean Race (formerly Volvo Ocean Race and Whitbread Round the World Race) was initially to be raced in two classes of boats: the high-performance, foiling, IMOCA 60 class and the one-design ...

  3. Round The Island Race 2024 results: Notorious wins amid wet and wild

    Despite the challenging conditions we only had nine incidents connected to the race which is less than previous years, this shows the seamanship of the crews and the correct decision making that went into undertaking of the race." For more information and full results, visit the official Round The Island Race website.

  4. Clipper Round the World Race crew dies after man overboard in the

    40-year old Sarah Young from London, died after falling overboard in the Pacific while competing in the Clipper Round the World Yacht race.

  5. Clipper Round The World Race

    Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam sails back into Portsmouth as Clipper Race champions. Today the Clipper 2023-24 Round the World Yacht Race drew to a close at the Grand Finale at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth, where the Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam proudly…. News.

  6. Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Finale: Incredible scenes as crews

    The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2023-202 4 reached its conclusion with jubilant crowds welcoming the sailors to the finale at Gunwharf Quays on Saturday, July 27.

  7. Clipper Race Grand Finale

    With a track record of hosting major events and with strong links to the maritime and marine sectors, Gunwharf Quays in the UK waterfront city of Portsmouth will host the Clipper 2023-24 Race Start and Finish. Portsmouth is home to the Royal Navy, a key part of the Solent Freeport, and a growing cruise destination, making the city the perfect ...

  8. Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

    Join the adventure in Seattle as the Clipper 'Round the World Yacht Race sails into Bell Harbor Marina, April 21 - May 3.

  9. 'Indescribable' crew errors led to Sicily shipwreck, yacht maker says

    A series of "indescribable, unreasonable errors" by the crew led to the shipwreck in which British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others died earlier this week, the yacht manufacturer's CEO ...

  10. 'Indescribable' Crew Errors Led to Sicily Shipwreck, Yacht Maker Says

    The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-foot) superyacht with 22 people aboard - 12 passengers and 10 crew - capsized and sank on Monday within minutes of being hit by a pre-dawn storm ...

  11. Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

    Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a biennial sailing race that takes paying amateur crews on one or more legs of a circumnavigation of the globe in 11 specially-designed identical yachts owned by Clipper Ventures. Professional skippers and additional qualified persons (AQPs) lead each teams on the 10 ...

  12. Jersey man sets off on round-the-world yacht race

    The race is an endurance test for 11 teams who will attempt the circumnavigation. Each yacht allows up to 22 paying amateurs on board. "The people on this boat are truly amazing," said Mr Staddon.

  13. Unbelievable footage of the collision from on board 11th Hour Racing

    The Ocean Race is the toughest test of a team in sport - and sailing's greatest round-the-world challenge. Since 1973, winning the Race has been an obsession for the world's best sailors - Olympic champions, record breakers and pioneers. With teams racing through the most extreme spots on the planet - closer to the astronauts in the Space Station than anyone else on land - and calling ...

  14. After a collision, the U.S. boat retires from final leg of Ocean Race

    The leading boat in The Ocean Race dropped out of the last leg of the around-the-world sailing competition on Friday and asked the sport's overseers for compensation in the standings to make up for the collision that punctured its carbon fiber hull. Six months after leaving Spain on a 32,000-nautical mile (37,000-mile, 59,000-km ...

  15. Clipper 2023-24 Race Viewer

    Get a bird's-eye-view of every tack, jibe and tactical decision of the Clipper 2023-24 Race with Race Viewer.

  16. Disaster for start of The Ocean Race leg

    The Ocean Race (formerly Volvo Ocean Race and Whitbread Round the World Race) was initially to be raced in two classes of boats: the high-performance, foiling, IMOCA 60 class and the one-design ...

  17. The Ocean Race

    The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, [ 1] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [ 1] and in 2019 it was renamed The Ocean Race .

  18. PDF Clipper 2023-24 Race Sailing Instructions

    the race is one of the individual races that together make up the Clipper 2023-24 Round the World Yacht Race. the yacht is a 'Clipper 70' yacht owned by the Company.

  19. Questions for Investigators as Italy Tries to Unravel the Yacht's

    When the Bayesian sank around 4 a.m. on Aug. 19, the waters in its area, about half a mile off the Sicilian port of Porticello, were transformed by an extremely sudden and violent storm, according ...

  20. Sicily yacht divers find five bodies in wreck of the Bayesian

    The Bayesian, which was 56m long and flying a British flag, was carrying 10 crew and 12 passengers when it sank. Of the 22 people on board, 15 survived - including a British mother who described ...

  21. the full lessons learnt from official investigation

    The results of the official investigation into the two fatal accidents aboard a Clipper Race yacht during the 2015/2016 Clipper Round the World Race.

  22. Route Map

    The route shown is indicative. Clipper 2025-26 Race ports, race route, estimated days racing and additional information will be confirmed at a future date.

  23. Clipper Race

    The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is one of the toughest endurance challenges on the planet. People from around the world and all walks of life train to become ocean racing sailors; many have no previous sailing experience. This epic event sees teams compete in the most remote and inhospitable places on the planet including the Atlantic, Southern and North Pacific Oceans.

  24. Blitzen's Baddies aim for strong finish to 2024 Newport Yacht Club's

    The Long Point yacht race set sail from Newport Harbor Friday and will take competitors to Catalina Island and back to Newport on Sunday. This is the first year the Blitzen entered the contest.

  25. Full Circumnavigation

    Full Circumnavigation. To complete the Clipper Race you will need to stay mentally focused and competitive, keep in top physical shape and cope with living on a 70-foot stripped down ocean racing yacht for eleven months. Nothing can fully prepare you for a circumnavigation of the globe; the range of emotions you'll go through while racing and ...