Clipper Race Seeking Irish Crew Coming to a Yacht Club Near You!

28th January 2015

#clipper –The Clipper Race Team is visiting locations across Ireland, to meet potential future race crew looking to get on board the Derry~Londonderry~Doire team for the 2015-16 series and help make its third race campaign the most successful to date. The first port of call is Dun Laoghaire this Saturday!

To find out more about the race and decide if you can take on the challenge yourself, join Crew Recruitment Manager Della Parsons, along with former local race crew, on the following dates:

- Saturday 31 January – Dublin – National Yacht Club, 10.30am
- Monday 2 February – Cork – Royal Cork Yacht Club, 6.30pm
- Wednesday 4 February – Galway – Harbour Hotel, 6.30pm
- Friday 6 February – Derry/Londonderry – Guildhall, 6.30pm
- Saturday 7 February – Belfast – Odyssey Complex, 12 noon (will be signposted from the Ocean Youth Trust Office)

80 per cent of crew places for the 2015-16 race are now filled but there are still places available on most legs. If you would like to attend any of the Irish recruitment dates please RSVP to Della Parsons, Clipper Race Recruitment Manager at [email protected].

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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.