More than €30,000 in prize money is up for grabs during the Virtual Clipper Race.

Fans of online gaming and armchair followers of the race will be pleased to know the Virtual Clipper Race is again online for Clipper 11-12 and is free to sign up to play.

You can customize your own boat, create leagues to compete against family, friends and colleagues and, for the more serious player, a small fee enables you to select the ‘pro’ options – a wider selection of sails, auto pilot and more.

The Virtual Clipper Race is divided into 15 races and follows the same route as the real thing and you can race as many of the stages as you like. There is one massive advantage – you can stay warm and dry!

While crews taking part in Clipper 11-12 are battling on bucking foredecks to change a headsail in pitch darkness, high winds and rough seas, the same manoeuvre in the game is achieved by a simple click of the mouse!

More than €30,000 in prize money is up for grabs during the Virtual Clipper Race as well as Rotary Aquaspeed Watches and Henri Lloyd Stow Bags.

Click here to enter the Virtual Clipper Race.

The prizes for Races 4 to 15 are as follows:

1st: €300
2nd: €250
3rd: €200
4th to 10th: €100 each
11th to 20th: €50 each

The overall ranking:
(The overall ranking is a total of all scores from the first race to the last race)

1st: €2000
2nd: €1250
3rd: €750
4th: €400
5th: €250

Henri Lloyd Stow Bags
In addition a Henri Lloyd Stow Bag will be awarded to the first place winner in each race and the top three players in the overall ranking

Rotary Aquaspeed Watches
The winner of each of the following legs will win a Rotary Aquaspeed Watch (men’s or women’s model)

Race 2: Madeira to Rio (Atlantic)
Race 3: Rio to Cape Town (Atlantic)
Race 4: Cape Town to Geraldton (Southern Ocean)
Race 5: Geraldton to Tauranga (Australian Southern Ocean)
Race 7: Gold Coast to Singapore (based on mileage)
Race 9: Qingdao to San Francisco (Pacific)
Race 10: San Francisco to Panama
Race 13: Halifax to Derry-Londonderry (Atlantic)