Clipper Round the World Race News and Updates

Extreme conditions the crew face whilst on the Clipper 2023-24 Race

Five Scottish Race Crew Cross Atlantic Ocean – the first major ocean crossing of the Clipper 2023-24 Race

24th October 2023 Clipper Race

Five Scottish nationals have successfully completed the first major ocean crossing of the Clipper 2023-24 Race. The group of Race Crew members were part of over 200 participants from across the globe who had gathered in Punta Del Este, Uruguay,…

The start of race two of the 2023/4Clipper Round the World Race from Puerto Sherry in Spain across the Atlantic Ocean to Punta del Este in Uruguay

The Clipper Round the World Race Fleet Sets Sail for Punta del Este

16th September 2023 Clipper Race

The Clipper Race fleet has begun the second race of its circumnavigation that began in Portsmouth earlier this month and bid farewell to its first stopover destination, Puerto Sherry, Spain and headed towards Punta del Este, the third consecutive Uruguayan…

Perseverance arrives in Spain in first place in leg one of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

'Perseverance' Wins First Race of Clipper Round the World Yacht Race into Puerto Sherry

11th September 2023 Clipper Race

Perseverance has emerged victorious in the first race of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, a gruelling competition that sees teams battle extreme conditions as they race over 40,000 nautical miles around the globe. The race started on 3…

Clipper Ventures chief executive William Ward OBE (left) and chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

Clipper Race Co-Founders Step Back From Day-to-Day Running of Business

15th November 2022 Clipper Race

After 26 years at the helm of Clipper Ventures, which organises the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and chief executive William Ward OBE have announced they are stepping back from the day-to-day running of the…

Gerard Doherty was welcomed home by Mayor Sandra Duffy and hundreds on the quayside

Derry Mayor Welcomes Home Clipper Round the World Sailor Gerard Doherty

26th July 2022 Clipper Race

Gerard Doherty has said in a Foyle Maritime Festival social media video that he was the oldest crew member on the Clipper Ha Long Bay (Vietnam). He is 68 years old, and not only is he the 'senior' of the…

The ultimate moving target - the current Clipper Fleet have got ahead of themselves (and everybody else) by crossing the Atlantic to Ireland quicker than expected

The Clipper Fleet In Port Until July 24th To Signal Start Of Foyle Marine Festival

19th July 2022 Clipper Race

While the Robin Knox-Johnston-led Clipper Fleet Round the World Race organisation is a remarkably effective body, even its most experienced executives can only give a ball-park figure as to when the leading boats are going to complete a transoceanic leg.…

Not so much a race winner, more of a trade mission - the out-of-sight-ahead Clipper Race leader Bermuda arrives in Derry

Surely Bermudians Know The Etiquette Of Partying?

15th July 2022 Clipper Race

Bermuda is officially famous in world sailing as the finish point for the biennial CCA Newport-Bermuda classic ocean race. But among crews in that great event, Bermuda is unofficially famous and revered as being the home of the Dark &…

Derry Maritime Festival - This will be the fifth consecutive time that the City of Derry has acted as a host port to the Clipper Race and the crews will once again enjoy a welcome to the Foyle

No Derry Boat but Clipper Round the World Race is Heading for Foyle Maritime Festival in July

20th March 2022 Clipper Race

You can always be sure Derry will put on a good show, whether it be a Jazz Festival, Halloween or a Light Show. And this year will be no exception when the City hosts the Clipper Race stopover in July…

Clipper Race Set to Restart After Two Year Wait Caused by Pandemic & Calling to Ireland in June

21st February 2022 Clipper Race

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is set to resume its 2019-20 edition after an almost two-year delay caused by the pandemic and call to Ireland at the end of June. The sailing event, which trains people from all…

SKIRR’s debut Arctic voyage, a 4,802 nautical mile long High Latitude Expedition split into five legs, will set off from Gosport, UK, on Friday 1 July 2022 bound for Iceland and Greenland via Scotland and the Faroe Islands.

Clipper Ventures Reveals New Arctic Circle Sailing Expedition

31st January 2022 Clipper Race

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 the new Knox-Johnston Cup and an experiential sailing programme as it…

Clipper Race Gets Special Permission from Philippines to Restart in 2022

20th November 2021 Clipper Race

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has announced it will be resuming its 2019-20 edition in March next year after receiving a special event permit from the Philippines. After sailing halfway around the world, the sailing event was suspended…

New Scottish Sailing Scheme for Young People Affected by the Pandemic Begins

2nd August 2021 Scottish Waters

On Friday last (30th July), a new scheme for young people affected by the pandemic began in Oban on the Argyll and Bute coast in Scotland. The first participants include a cabaret singer, intensive care doctor and a student. Named…

The maritime scene in Derry during the last Clipper Race visit in 2018

Loughs Agency Looks Forward to 2022 Foyle Maritime Festival & Return of Clipper Race Fleet

12th May 2021 Clipper Race

The Loughs Agency says it welcomes the news that Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Business and Culture Committee have endorsed the proposal to host the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 2022. Northern Ireland was previously scheduled to…

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in April 2019 recreating his arrival in Falmouth 50 years to the date he completed the Golden Globe Race

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Talks Golden Globe Success & What Came After On Shirley Robertson’s Sailing Podcast

12th July 2020 Solo Sailing

In the latest editions of her new podcast series, double Olympic gold medalist Shirley Robertson sits down for a two-part chat with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, founder of the Clipper Race and the first man ever to sail solo non-stop around…

The maritime scene in Derry during the last Clipper Race visit

Derry’s Maritime Festival & Clipper Race Stop Over Are Victims of Covid-19

27th March 2020 Coronavirus and Boating

The postponement of the Clipper Race 2019 – 20 will have a huge effect on the City of Derry where the fleet was due to have its penultimate stop-over at the end of July. Derry City and Strabane District Council…

The Clipper Round the World Race has been postponed

Clipper Round the World Race Yacht Postponed

17th March 2020 Clipper Race

With the ongoing global outbreak of Covid-19 and the enormous impact it has created on world travel, the Clipper 2019-20 Race has been postponed with immediate effect writes Karla Graves of the race organisers. This decision has been in no way…

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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.