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Largest ever Clipper Round the World Yacht Race set sail

21 Aug 2017

This year‘s Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has more participants than ever before

The largest ever Clipper Race which this year has higher participation numbers than ever before representing 41 nationalities has set sail from Liverpool.

After heading out of the River Mersey and into the Irish Sea, the twelve-strong Clipper Race fleet is heading 6,400 nM south, the equivalent distance of ten Fastnet Races, through the Atlantic Ocean towards Punta del Este, Uruguay.

“The Clipper Race has got bigger and better with each edition and I can’t help feeling incredibly proud as I watch our crew head off on what will certainly be a life changing journey,” said Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Clipper Race chairman.

This opening leg of the eleven-month series will take approximately 35 days to complete and is the longest ever in the race’s 21-year history.

Following their stopover in Uruguay, the teams will then head to Cape Town, Fremantle, Sydney, Hobart, The Whitsundays, Sanya, Qingdao, Seattle, Panama and New York, before a final crossing of the Atlantic Ocean towards Derry-Londonderry.

The Clipper Race will return to Liverpool’s Albert Dock almost a year later on Saturday 28 July 2018, where one of the twelve teams will be awarded the illustrious Clipper Race trophy.

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