The Clipper Race is tough. It is contested by ten stripped down 68-foot racing yachts, each sponsored by an international city, region or country, and all of them crewed by people like you.
Housewives, taxi drivers, chief executives, lawyers, doctors, carpenters, truck drivers, IT specialists, marketing executives and even members of the clergy have all taken up the Clipper challenge – to race around the world under sail. It is a feat that fewer people have completed than have climbed Mount Everest.
Clipper 09-10 will be a truly international challenge. Fielding entries in the race are Hull & Humber, Uniquely Singapore, Qingdao and Jamaica Lightning Bolt are all return entries, while Cape Breton Island, Cork, Team Finland and California are all new to the fleet, while Spirit of Australia embraces the whole of the land down under, the state of Western Australia having sponsored entries in the last two editions of the race.
Find out more about the skippers and the people from all corners of the world who’ve signed up by visiting each team’s site here.
And if you’re inspired to give it a go yourself – get in touch now! Crew places have sold out for Clipper 09-10 but we are now recruiting crew for Clipper 11-12 which, at 40,000 miles, will be the longest round the world yacht race.