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Clipper 07-08 will depart from the host port of Liverpool on 16 September 2007. The boats will cover 35,000 miles and stop at international ports en route, before returning to Liverpool on 5 July 2008 when the city will begin celebrating its status as the European Capital of Culture. This will be the fourth time a boat from Liverpool has taken part in the race.

Crew Blog

The white knuckle ride…

09 May 2008

It’s now been 18 days since I joined Liverpool 08 crew and started my journey of Legs 6 & 7. It’s been a very interesting race so far which mainly had us flying the spinnakers the whole way. We all now have elongated necks from constantly trimming the kite, making…

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Crew Profiles

Lisa Pover

Age 26, Hackney Taxi Driver

Lisa won her place on a leg of the race in a competition run by Liverpool Culture Company and since completing her Clipper training she has worked tirelessly to raise sponsorship to compete on more of the race. Now the hackney cab driver from Liverpool, who had only ever spent a few hours on a catamaran before launching herself into the Clipper experience with a vengeance, will be taking part on five of the seven legs.

She’s ecstatic. “I’m really excited about this whole experience, I was just driving a cab a few months ago, now I’m gonna be sailing across the Pacific, Christmas in Oz… I’m waiting for the catch!”

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Overall Race

Race 10 - Panama to Jamaica

Position	Team	Latitude	Longitude	Yacht Status
1	Hull & Humber	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished
2	Qingdao	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished
3	New York	9 16 28N	79 55 23W	Finished
4	Nova Scotia	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished
5	Glasgow:Scotland with style	9 16 28N	79 55 23W	Finished
6	Liverpool 08	8 54 46N	79 31 17W	Finished
7	Uniquely Singapore	9 02 20N	79 38 37W	Finished
8	Jamaica	8 54 45N	79 31 18W	Finished
9	westernaustralia2011.com	8 54 46N	79 31 18W	Finished
10	Durban 2010 and Beyond	8 54 46N	79 31 15W	Finished

Position	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points
1	Hull & Humber⁴	5	6	7	7	7	7	10	7	10	62
2	New York	1.5	2	10	1	10	10	9	8	8	59.5
3	Durban 2010 and Beyond*	3	10	4	10	6	9	5	7	1	55
4	Glasgow:Scotland with style⁴	4	9	8	5	5	8	8	6	6	55
5	Liverpool 08¹	4.5	7	9	2	9	3	4	4	5	46.5
6	Uniquely Singapore	2	4	3	4	4	4	7	10	4	42
7	westernaustralia2011.com	1	5	5	9	8	5	1	5	2	41
8	Nova Scotia¹	3.5	8	1	6	3	2	2	9	7	40.5
9	Qingdao	2.5	3	6	8	1	1	6	3	9	39.5
10	Jamaica³	0.5	1	2	3	2	6	3	5	3	22.5

* The overall position, when two boats have the same points, is decided by which team has the greatest number of higher positions in individual races (count back rule RRS A8.1).
¹ This team has been penalised 1 point by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.
² This team has been penalised 2 points by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.
³ This team has been penalised 3 points by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.
⁴ This team has been penalised 4 points by the Race Committee for sail/equipment damage.

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