THE RACE
Ten months, 35,000 miles of ocean racing and around 400 people facing the challenge of a lifetime. When the starting gun goes off for the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race on 13 September 2009 the fleet of ten sleek, stripped down 68-foot yachts will embark on a full circumnavigation of the globe.
Ten months, 35,000 miles of ocean racing and around 400 people facing the challenge of a lifetime
Setting off from the Humber on the north east coast of England, it will be almost a year before they return.
Their jubilant arrival home in July 2010 will mark the end of an epic challenge: taking on the elements and becoming one of the world’s elite – a global ocean racer.
Read on to find out more about the conditions they’ll face on the way and the delights of the ports they will discover en route.