Clipper Round the World Race News and Updates

At the helm of Joker Card players Qingdao, currently neck-and-neck with Dare To Lead in the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint

Clipper Race Leaders Eye Finish Line Of Leg 3’s Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint

18th November 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Christmas has come early for the Clipper Race fleet, which is finally enjoying the downwind sailing conditions that teams have been hoping for – with the first half of the fleet already in the thick of Race 3’s…

The Greenings crew will have new roles in the Clipper Race come the start of the next leg - while their former boat remains beached by environmental protections

Clipper Race: Red Tape Blocks Greenings Salvage Efforts

15th November 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - The Greenings team’s grounded Clipper Race yacht has still not been salvaged due to red tape around its sensitive location, as South Africa’s Times Live reports. The vessel ran aground off the Cape Peninsula on Tuesday 31 October…

Visit Seattle missed out on yesterday’s Scoring Gate points bonus but has crept up to third place since this morning

Downwind Sailing Starts To Kick In For Clipper Race Fleet In Southern Ocean

12th November 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Following the gruelling upwind slog which has dominated much of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race, a wind shift overnight has meant that downwind sailing conditions have kicked in for some of the most southerly teams in…

It’s rough out there for the Clipper Race fleet eight days deep into the third leg from Cape Town to Fremantle

Clipper Race Fleet Continues To Battle Upwind Across Southern Ocean

8th November 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Life continues at a lean for many teams during the eighth day of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race as the Clipper Race fleet slogs it out in tough upwind conditions. With around 3,400 nautical miles to…

HotelPlanner.com sailing in Table Bay, South Africa

Irish Skippered Yacht Resumes Clipper Race After Medevac Diversion

5th November 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - HotelPlanner.com has departed Port Elizabeth in South Africa this morning (Sunday 5 November) after the successful medevac of crew member Greg Adams, who suffered a suspected broken arm. The 59-year-old took a fall below deck on Friday (3…

Greetings pictured partially submerged yesterday on the shoal where it ran aground on Tuesday night

Clipper Race: Greenings Partially Under Water After Grounding, Team’s Race Future In Doubt

2nd November 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - The Clipper Race office has confirmed that the Greenings yacht that ran aground off South Africa’s Cape Peninsula on Tuesday night (31 October) is partially underwater and will take no further part in the 2017-18 race. As previously…

Greenings pictured aground west of the Cape Peninsula earlier today

Clipper Race: Greenings Crew Evacuated After Running Aground

1st November 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Greenings’ stand-in skipper Andy Woodruf and crew were reportedly doing well after some rest in Cape Town hours after they ran aground on the western side of the Cape Peninsula last night (Tuesday 31 October). No injuries were…

The crew of HotelPlanner.com celebrate their ninth-place finish at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town

Clipper Race: HotelPlanner.com Comes Out On Top In Drag Race To Cape Town

20th October 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - It was a close fight right up until the final stretch for ninth-placed HotelPlanner.com and 10th-placed GREAT Britain, who spent much of the Clipper Race's Leg 2: The Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms in a drag…

Rough and ready in the middle of the South Atlantic on deck with Garmin

Clipper Race Leaders Expected In Cape Town Ahead Of Schedule

14th October 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - The first boats in the Clipper Race fleet are expected to arrive ahead of schedule in Cape Town this coming Wednesday (18 October). After some fast and furious sailing across the South Atlantic — with Greenings notching a…

PSP Logistics is returning to port for emergency rudder repairs

Whale Of A Collision In Day 2 Of Clipper Race’s Cape Town Leg

5th October 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - PSP Logistics is returning to Punta del Este today (Thursday 5 October) after a collision with a whale in the first 24 hours of the Clipper Race’s second leg caused damage to the starboard rudder. All crew on…

Battle For Positions Continues As Clipper Race Fleet Crosses Leg 1 Finish Line

22nd September 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Several teams continue to jostle for position in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race after Sanya Serenity Coast claimed line honours yesterday afternoon (Thursday 21 September), closely followed by PSP Logistics and GREAT Britain who arrived second…

The latest Clipper Race fleet positions as of 4pm Irish time

Wind Holes Unsettle Clipper Race Fleet As Leg 1 Finish Line Draws Near

19th September 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - HotelPlanner.com re-emerged from stealth mode into sixth position — and a wind hole — as the Clipper Race fleet approaches the finish of the first leg in Uruguay. “We have the slightest puff of wind from the north…

Qingdao maintain their lead, with GREAT Britain closing the gap some 33nm behind

Pressure Builds As Clipper Race Fleet Approaches First Scoring Gate

31st August 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - The battle for positions in the Clipper Round The World Race is heating up as the fleet barrels down on the first scoring gate of the 2017-18 race. As of this morning (Thursday 31 August), Qingdao had a…

Greenings is expected in Porto tomorrow after yesterday’s medevac of skipper David Hartshorn with a serious hand injury

Clipper Race Yacht Diverts To Portugal After Skipper Sustains Hand Injury

28th August 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - A Clipper Race yacht is diverting to Portugal after the team’s skipper suffered a serious injury to his left hand that required emergency medical attention. Greetings skipper David Hartshorn got his left thumb caught in a spinnaker sheet…

Conall Morrison’s HotelPlanner.com in Liverpool this past Sunday at the start of the first leg of the Clipper Race, the Atlantic Trade Winds Leg

Competitive Spirit Throughout The Fleet As Clipper Race Crosses Bay Of Biscay

24th August 2017 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Four days after departing from Liverpool’s Albert Dock, the Clipper Race’s sole Irish-skippered yacht is jockeying for position at the back of the pack as the fleet crosses the Bay of Biscay – a body of water with…

oat Liverpool 2018 departs the Race Start for the 2017-18 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Albert Dock, Liverpool.

Clipper Round the World Race Starts off Liverpool

20th August 2017 Clipper Race

The 40,000 nautical mile Clipper Round the World Yacht Race started on the Irish Sea this afternoon. The race is the only event which trains non-professional sailors to complete a circumnavigation, and is one of the toughest endurance challenges on…

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About the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is undoubtedly one of the greatest ocean adventures on the planet, also regarded as one of its toughest endurance challenges. Taking almost a year to complete, it consists of eleven teams competing against each other on the world’s largest matched fleet of 70-foot ocean racing yachts.

The Clipper Race was established in 1996 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in 1968-69. His aim was to allow anyone, regardless of previous sailing experience, the chance to embrace the thrill of ocean racing; it is the only event of its kind for amateur sailors. Around 40 per cent of crew are novices and have never sailed before starting a comprehensive training programme ahead of their adventure.

This unique challenge brings together everyone from chief executives to train drivers, nurses and firefighters, farmers, airline pilots and students, from age 18 upwards, to take on Mother Nature’s toughest and most remote conditions. There is no upper age limit, the oldest competitor to date is 76.

Now in its twelfth edition, the Clipper 2019-20 Race started from London, UK, on 02 September 2019.