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Fleet departs Cork for final sprint to Liverpool
Fleet departs Cork for final sprint to Liverpool in Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race Race 14, the final race of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race series from Cork, Ireland, to Liverpool, UK, is underway with the crew of Hull & Humber signalling their intent from the outset and...
CLIPPER FLEET ENJOYS IRISH HOSPITALITY IN CROSSHAVEN
With all ten of the internationally-backed yachts competing in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race now berthed at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven, Ireland, the crews are enjoying some much-awaited Irish hospitality. ...
NEW YORK WINS RACE 13 TO CORK
New York has scored the fifth victory of their Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race campaign to consolidate their overall lead in the competition. And Hull & Humber has claimed another podium place in their Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race campaign, finishing in third place in Race 13...
LIVERPOOL 08 BENEFITS FROM SOUTHERLY ROUTE
Liverpool 08’s early decision to stay south is paying off with a run of over 120 nautical miles in the last 12 hours. This has moved the team into third place and they may well sling shot around the leaders over the next 24 hours and could end up with a healthy lead coming into Cork. ...
QINGDAO EMERGES VICTORIOUS FROM OVERNIGHT THREE-WAY BATTLE
The lighter winds have finally had an effect on the leading teams and they slowed down overnight but not to the same extent as the teams further down the leader board. Qingdao, New York and Hull & Humber battled overnight in lighter winds and once again Qingdao came out on top. The conditions at the...
LIGHT WINDS CATCH UP WITH TAIL-ENDERS
"The wind has left us... We have popped out of the back of the low pressure system much like westernaustralia2011.com and Nova Scotia did before us and we suffered last night trying to keep the lightweight kite and then the windseeker full," says Ricky Chalmers, skipper of Durban 2010 and Beyond....
WESTERNAUSTRALIA2011.COM RUES INDECISION
westernaustralia2011.com, who made a very early tactical move to the south soon after departing Sydney, Nova Scotia, and then changed their mind have now paid the price for their indecision. A light wind area which dropped south after the recent low pressure moved off to the east stretched down furt...
NEW YORK MOVES INTO POLE POSITION
New York’s decision to leave tacking from port onto starboard slightly longer than the other teams, as the low pressure system moved across the fleet overnight, has paid off and the US team has managed to extend their slender lead by a few miles. The decision to delay the tack could prove to be th...
Penultimate race of Clipper 07-08 starts in Sydney
The penultimate race of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race series is underway with the fleet of ten internationally-backed yachts setting off on their final ocean crossing from Sydney, Nova Scotia, at 1300 local time (1600 GMT). The 2080-mile race will take them across the North Atlantic t...
DEMOCRACY 250 RACE
The Clipper fleet was tightly bunched overnight in the Democracy 250 Race from Halifax to Sydney with just one mile separating the three yachts at the head of the pack. The ten teams are reporting excellent sailing conditions with brisk winds and clear blue skies as they make their way towards their...
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