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- Leg 1: Race 1 - Liverpool, UK - Punta Del Este, Uruguay
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- Leg 5: Race 8 - Sanya, China - Qingdao, China
- Leg 6: Race 9 - Qingdao, China - Seattle, USA
- Leg 7: Race 10 - Seattle, USA - Panama
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- Leg 8: Race 12 - New York, USA - Derry-Londonderry, NI
- Leg 8: Race 13 - Derry-Londonderry, NI - Liverpool, UK
8 Feb 2019
The Ultimate Gap Year
Timothy Morgan, a 19-year-old student from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, is preparing to take on the ultimate gap year challenge of racing around the world. Struggling to concentrate in class whilst searching for possible gap year options, he stumbled across the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and quickly became addicted to following the 2017-18 race teams via the Race Viewer and crew…
29 Nov 2018
Clipper 2019-20 Race Crew #ReasonToRace: Heather Broadbent
NAME: Heather Broadbent AGE: 50 NATIONALITY: UK HOMETOWN: Cheshire, UK LEGS: Full circumnavigation Heather Broadbent, a self-employed gardener and PA from Cheshire, UK, is planning to swap flower beds for rolling ocean waves next…
13 Jul 2018
CHAMPAGNE CELEBRATIONS FOR COMPETITIVE AUSSIE COUPLE
A half a world away from the sandy shores of Newcastle, Australia, Peter Hartigan and Louise Costello are celebrating after crossing the mighty North Atlantic Ocean as part of the…
22 Jun 2018
Joining Crew Arrive in New York, Meet Prashant De
As 91 joining Clipper Race crew members arrive into New York, USA, to join their teams for Leg 8: The Atlantic Homecoming Leg, the final Leg of the eleven month…
20 Jun 2018
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Ineke Van Der Weijden
NAME: Ineke Van Der Weijden AGE: 44 OCCUPATION: Program director, Economic development NATIONALITY: Dutch LEGS: Circumnavigation TEAM: Nasdaq Ineke Van Der Weijden from Utrecht, Netherlands is circumnavigating onboard Nasdaq and has been a sailor most of her life. She has always wanted to cross an ocean and upon completing the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will have crossed six,…
19 Jun 2018
Best Friends From New York to take on Ocean Adventure
NAME: David Laufer AGE: 58 NATIONALITY: USA PROFESSION: Public Affairs Executive LEGS: Mighty Pacific Leg 6 and US Coast-to-Coast Leg 7 NAME: Michael Richman AGE: 58 NATIONALITY: USA PROFESSION: Real Estate Developer LEGS: Mighty Pacific…
30 May 2018
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Duffy Drum
NAME: Duffy Drum AGE: 63 HOMETOWN: Long Island, New York NATIONALITY: USA OCCUPATION: Retired Naval Fitness Director TEAM: Visit Seattle Leg: The USA Coast-to-Coast Leg 7 Duffy’s story is altogether different from any of the other 711 crew members participating in the 2017-18 edition of the world’s toughest endurance challenge. In fact, it was a chance encounter for the New Yorker in his local…
29 May 2018
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Simone Talfourd
NAME: Simone Talfourd OCCUPATION: Film Marketing Manager NATIONALITY: British LEGS: Circumnavigation TEAM: Garmin Simone Talfourd, a Film Marketing Manager from Essex, UK, originally signed up for Leg 1 which crosses the…
21 May 2018
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Crew: Anne Hough
NAME: Anne Hough AGE: 61 HOMETOWN: Guernsey NATIONALITY: British Islands: Bailiwick of Guernsey LEGS: Leg 7: The USA Coast-to-Coast Leg TEAM: Liverpool 2018 Anne Hough, 61, who is proudly from Guernsey, Channel…
10 May 2018
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Dmitry Papulin
NAME Dmitry Papulin AGE: 31 NATIONALITY: Russian LEGS: Full circumnavigation TEAM: Sanya Serenity Coast 31-year-old Dmitry Papulin, the only Russian to be circumnavigating during the Clipper 2017-18 Race, is having the time of…
30 Apr 2018
Family Connections in Seattle
The Clipper Race stopover in Seattle, USA, was an unforgettable one for crew and supporters alike, with an action paced timetable of events and some glorious weather showcasing the very…
26 Apr 2018
Leg 7 Crew Arrive in Seattle, Meet Chris Goodwin
Crew changeover day is an exciting time for joining crew members and the landmark day becomes one of the most memorable of the experience, bringing together months or even years…
25 Apr 2018
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Mike and David Shoulder
NAME: David Shoulder and Mike Shoulder AGE: 64 and 58 OCCUPATION: Semi Retired Business Owner and Electrical Engineer NATIONALITY: British LEGS: The Mighty Pacific Ocean Leg 6 TEAM: Dare To Lead …
24 Apr 2018
MEET THE CLIPPER 2017-18 RACE CREW: Victor and Benoit Ansart
NAME: Victor Ansart AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: Electrical Engineer NATIONALITY: American/French LEGS: The Asia-Pacific Leg 5, the Mighty Pacific Leg 6 and the Atlantic Homecoming Leg 8 TEAM: Sanya Serenity Coast NAME: Benoit Ansart AGE: 57 OCCUPATION: SVP Power…
21 Mar 2018
Meet The Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Annie Neeson
NAME: Annie Neeson AGE: 37 NATIONALITY: British OCCUPATION: Doctor LEGS: Leg 6,7,8 TEAM: Sanya Serenity Coast For many, deciding to take part in a challenge such as the Clipper Race…
20 Mar 2018
Teenage Crew Sum Up “a Leg of Contrasts”
Two of the youngest crew members of the Clipper 2017-18 Race have completed their ocean adventures after reaching Qingdao and have been reflecting on their achievements– and the contrasts that…
13 Mar 2018
Meet the Qingdao Ambassadors: Jingqiu (Lisa) Liu
For most Clipper Race crew, the upcoming Stopover will be their first time in Qingdao. But many will arrive knowing much about China’s Sailing City, thanks to the Qingdao Ambassadors…
23 Jan 2018
Surprise Skills: PSP Logistics pride at finding competitive edge
Continuing the ‘halfway’ catch ups with round the world crew members here in Airlie Beach, where they’ve now sailed 20,000 nms of their 40,000 nautical mile journey, we asked
18 Jan 2018
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Mia Showell-Woodsmith
Name: Mia Showell-Woodsmith Age: 33 Occupation: Lawyer Nationality: Australian Legs: All-Australian Leg 4 and Asia Pacific Leg 5 Team: Garmin Spending Christmas and New Year racing around Australia’s coastline wouldn’t be everyone’s idea of…
24 Dec 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Glenn Manchett
NAME: Glenn Manchett AGE: 53 NATIONALITY: UK OCCUPATION: Mechanic and Business Owner LEGS: Whole circumnavigation TEAM: Sanya Serenity Coast Finding the perfect Christmas present can prove to be a challenging task for many of…
20 Dec 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race crew: Paul Bidwell
NAME: Paul Bidwell AGE: 59 NATIONALITY: British LEGS: Circumnavigator TEAM: Unicef For Paul Bidwell, circumnavigator on Unicef , racing has always been a passion and sailing around the world has always been a dream.…
4 Dec 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Guylaine Chapdelaine
NAME: Guylaine Chapdelaine AGE: 52 OCCUPATION: Maths Teacher NATIONALITY: French LEGS: 2, 4, 7, 8 TEAM: Visit Seattle The challenge of the Clipper Race appeals to both sailors and non-sailors alike. For Guylaine Chapdelaine, an…
9 Nov 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race crew: Ann Marie Davis and Michael Fahy
NAME: Ann Marie Davis and Michael Fahy AGE: 54 and 50 OCCUPATION: MD Global Financial Operations and IT Director NATIONALITY: American and British LEGS: 1,2, 8 and 1,2 TEAM: HotelPlanner.com and Garmin Clipper Race…
29 Oct 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Sophia Müller
NAME: Sophia Müller AGE: 50 OCCUPATION: Automotive Industry Chemical Assistant NATIONALITY: German LEGS: 3,4,7 & 8 TEAM: Liverpool 2018 Like many of the intrepid Clipper Race crew, Sophia Müller, had been looking for a new…
27 Oct 2017
MEET THE CLIPPER 2017-18 CREW: JAN BANFIELD
NAME: Jan Banfield AGE: 62 OCCUPATUON: Retired Nurse NATIONALITY: British LEGS: Leg 3: The Southern Ocean Leg TEAM: Unicef With crew changeover taking place today, a fresh batch of leggers have just touched down in Cape…
25 Oct 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew - Nicola Harford
NAME: Nicola Harford AGE: 52 OCCUPATION: International Development Consultant NATIONALITY: British/ Zimbabwean LEGS: 1 and 2 TEAM: Sanya Serenity Coast Like many others, Nicola Harford’s first encounter with the Clipper Race was when she saw…
3 Oct 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Graham Hill
Name: Graham Hill Age: 58 Occupation: Pilot Nationality: British Home Town: St Brelade, Channel Islands Legs: Full Circumnavigation Team: HotelPlanner.com IMAGE: Graham Hill at the helm of HotelPlanner.com. The Clipper Race crew have…
2 Oct 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Sarah Addison
NAME: Sarah Addison AGE: 31 NATIONALITY: Scottish LEGS: Leg 2, the South Atlantic Challenge and Leg 7, the USA Coast-to-Coast Leg TEAM: Garmin Sarah Addison, 31, an Engineer from Aberdeen, Scotland, was the last member…
1 Oct 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Julio Matthieu
NAME Julio Matthieu AGE: 38 NATIONALITY: Mauritian LEGS: Leg 2,3,4,5 TEAM: Visit Seattle The first crew changeover of the Clipper 2017-18 Race took place yesterday, meaning a fresh batch of leggers have arrived in…
29 Sep 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Nathan Harrow
Name: Nathan Harrow Age: 43 Occupation: Healthcare Worker Nationality: British Legs: Full Circumnavigation Team: Unicef Nathan Harrow is finally back on dry land, after spending the last five weeks at sea and racing 6,400 nautical miles…
4 Aug 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Crew: Justin Heiner
Name: Justin Heiner Age: 37 Nationality: USA Hometown: Kemah, Texas Occupation: Engineer Legs: Full Circumnavigation Team: Dare To Lead When Justin Heiner, 37 from Texas, USA, came across the Clipper Race, he knew the full circumnavigation was…
26 May 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Kathy Sheehan and Tony Barlow
NAME: Kathy Sheehan AGE: 46 NATIONALITY: Irish OCCUPATION: Doctor LEGS: The Atlantic Homecoming Leg 8 TEAM: Team Conall NAME: Tony Barlow AGE: 55 NATIONALITY: Irish OCCUPATION: Occupational Therapist LEGS: The Atlantic Homecoming Leg TEAM: Team Conall Kathy and Tony are…
19 May 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Tessa Hicks
NAME: Tessa Hicks AGE: 59 OCCUPATION: Doctor NATIONALITY: British LEGS: Full circumnavigation TEAM: Team Andy There’s just one more sleep until Crew Allocation, and it will be a nervous one for almost 700 Clipper Race crew…
10 Apr 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Mick Pattni
NAME: Mick Pattni AGE: 35 OCCUPATION: Currency Trader HOME TOWN: Birmingham LEGS: Round the World TEAM: Team Gaëtan Meet round the world crew member, Mick Pattni. Mick was inspired to take on the Clipper Race challenge…
29 Mar 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Stian Tønnesen
NAME: Stian Tønnesen AGE: 30 OCCUPATION: Grocery Store Manager NATIONALITY: Norway LEGS: full circumnavigation TEAM: Team Roy Stian Tønnesen’s dream of sailing around the world began when he was just twelve years old.…
26 Mar 2017
Happy Mother’s Day
Taking part in the Clipper Race is no small undertaking; each leg brings a mix of testing conditions that will see crew pit their physical and mental strength against the…
13 Mar 2017
Meet the Clipper 2017-18 Race Crew: Seumas Kellock
NAME: Seumas Kellock AGE: 24 OCCUPATION: Activity holiday seasonaire, parcel sorter, waiter and bar staff. NATIONALITY: UK LEGS: Round the World TEAM: Unicef Seumas Kellock, a Scottish 24-year-old living in Carlisle, Cumbria, has his mother…
10 Mar 2017
Meet the 2017-18 Crew: Jane and Graham Coutts
NAME: Jane Coutts AGE: 65 OCCUPATION: Retired NATIONALITY: Australia LEGS: The Asia Pacific Leg 5 TEAM: Team Gaëten NAME: Graham Coutts AGE: 62 OCCUPATION: Development Consultant NATIONALITY: Australia LEGS: The Asia Pacific Leg 5, The Mighty Pacific Leg 6 and…
21 Feb 2017
Meet the 2017-18 Crew: Greg Schey
NAME: Greg Schey AGE: 27 OCCUPATION: Doctor NATIONALITY: UK LEGS: Round the World TEAM: Qingdao “I’ve always wanted to sail around the world. Since I was knee high to a grasshopper, one thing that I’ve always…
22 Feb 2016
Crew Catchup: Phil Orford - Life of the CEO turned ‘belated gap yearer’
Phil Orford is a round the world crew member on board GREAT Britain . Before starting the Clipper Race, he was the leader of the Forum of Private Business…
19 Jan 2016
Meet the Crew: Ann Adams
When the Clipper Race fleet sailed along the River Thames and past her pub in Canvey Island, Ann Adams couldn’t bring herself to watch because she knew the lure of…
31 Oct 2015
Meet the Crew: Memnia Theodorou
Memnia Theodorou is the first Cypriot to do the race. She was only due to compete in the Atlantic Trade Winds Race to Brazil, but once she got to Rio…
30 Oct 2015
Meet the Crew: Chris Ingram
Cornish crew member Chris Ingram is set to race across the Southern Ocean when Race 3 starts from Cape Town on Saturday. Find out more about why he is taking on…
29 Oct 2015
Meet the Crew: Gabrielle Barthelemy
French crew member Gabrielle Barthelemy had no sailing experience and had never stepped on a yacht before, but couldn’t get the thought of racing across oceans out of her head…
30 Sep 2015
Meet Ocean Racer Sarah Thompson
Sarah Thompson grew up by the sea in Northern Ireland and now works as a solicitor in London. It was during a visit from her mum that she came across…
24 Aug 2015
Meet the Crew: Ken Brown
Ken Brown grew up in Fyvie near Aberdeen and after a lifetime dedicated to his family and engineering career, he has decided that it is time to do something for…
21 Aug 2015
Meet the Crew: Anu Aggarwal
Anu Aggarwal is of our many crew who had never sailed before signing up to join the Clipper Race. Now the 37-year-old Business Analyst has completed all of her training,…
7 Aug 2015
Meet the Crew – Gavin Reid
Every Clipper Race crew member signs up knowing they are about to embark on the challenge of a lifetime but for Mission Performance circumnavigator Gavin Reid there is…
30 Jul 2015
Meet the Crew: Michael Berry
French Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Doctor Michael Berry works in a hospital in London. He had no prior sailing experience before signing up to compete in this year’s Clipper Race.…
24 Jul 2015
Meet the Crew - Sunil Prabhakar
Sunil Prabhakar from Chennai (formerly known as Madras), India, will be our first ever Indian round the world crew member when he completes the race next year on board GREAT…
20 Jul 2015
Meet the Crew: Linda and Sophie Crocker
Meet the Crew: Linda and Sophie Crocker Mother and daughter duo Linda and Sophie Crocker will be racing against each other on Qingdao and Ichor Coal during the South Atlantic Leg…
15 Jul 2015
Meet the crew - Boris Dosseh
Frenchman Boris admits he is a competitive person and hopes to win the race on board Team Olivier. Having never sailed before signing up for the race, Boris has now completed…
10 Jul 2015
From Recovery to Racing: Meet Ana Downer-Duprey
“It’s my life so it doesn’t seem that interesting to me. When I found out that I was accepted on the race and my injuries would not stand…
8 Jul 2015
Meet the crew - Moussa Tawil
Moussa Tawil will be our first ever Lebanese round the world crew member by the time he completes his circumnavigation on board Team Max. Currently based in Doha, Moussa has…
26 Jun 2015
Meet the Crew: Emma Dixey
Emma Dixey is a General Practitioner from Newport, Isle of Wight who recently completed her Level 3 training week. She’s been telling us about why she cannot wait to sail…