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• Clipper 11-12

  Ten amateur crews left Southampton for a new Round the World Yacht Race

  
  The Royal Navy’s helicopter carrier, HMS Illustrious, and a fleet of hundreds of spectator boats gave a spectacular send off to the amateur crews on board the ten yachts competing in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 31 July 2011
• Clipper 09-10

  Clipper 09-10’s fleet is welcomed back to Hull

  
  A spectacular welcome greeted the crews of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race as they arrived back in Hull at the end of their 35,000-mile circumnavigation. For the non-professional crew onboard the ten ocean racing yachts, the return to Hull Marina marks the end of a challenge of a lifetime as they battled the elements in search of (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 18 July 2010
• Round the World Yacht Race

  Spirit of Australia wins Clipper 09-10

  
  Spirit of Australia has won the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race after finishing fourth in Race 13. Simply finishing this penultimate stage of the 14-race series gave them the single point they needed to secure the title. The crew, who have been focussed on victory since the start of the race in September 2009, will take to the stage (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 13 July 2010
• Clipper 09-10

  68’ Clipper yacht rock in the Java sea

  
  Cork, Ireland, one of ten 68-foot ocean racing yachts competing in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race has struck a rock in the Java Sea, around 200 nautical miles north east of Jakarta.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 14 January 2010
• Clipper 09-10

  Victory for Cork in South Atlantic leg

  
  The jubilant crew of Cork, Ireland, has arrived in Cape Town after taking victory in Race 3, the South Atlantic leg, of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. They crossed the finish line in Table Bay at 1638 local time (1438 GMT), accompanied by a pod of dolphins surfing down the face of the waves. Earlier in the day the cloud had (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 13 November 2009
• Clipper 09-10

  Team Finland takes line honours in Rio de Janeiro

  
  Team Finland has taken line honours in Race 2 from La Rochelle to Rio de Janeiro of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Crossing the line at 16:00:36 local time (18:00:36 GMT) their latest victory makes it two out of two for the Scandinavian entry.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 20 October 2009
• Clipper 07-08

  Non-professional fleet arrives in Liverpool

  
  A spectacular welcome greeted the crews of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race as they arrived back in Liverpool at the end of their 35,000-mile circumnavigation. For the non-professional crew onboard the ten 68-foot ocean racing yachts, the return to Albert Dock marks the end of a challenge of a lifetime as they battled the elements (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 6 July 2008
• Oryx Quest

  Brian Thompson’s crew win Qatarian RTW race

  
  Doha 2006 has won the Oryx Quest 2005. She crossed the finish line at 11.01.22 in Doha (08.01.22 GMT) making Brian Thompson the first skipper to win the non-stop round the world boat race which commenced and finished in Qatar. By being first across the line, Doha 2006 has picked up $1 million, the biggest prize fund in yachting (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 9 April 2005
• The Race

  The Race 2 will start from Marseilles on February 29^th 2004

  The second edition of The Race, the "No Limit" round-the-world crewed sailing race, will start on Sunday February 29th, 2004.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 7 December 2002
• No Limit

  Ellen MacArthur has bought Bruno Peyron’s Orange

  Led by Ellen MacArthur, Team KINGFISHER plan to set off around the planet next winter to attempt to become the fastest sailors on earth. They will sail one of the giant 110ft (33m) ’megacats’ on the 25,000 mile course. The record Record #sailingrecord of 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes and 24 seconds was set just a few weeks ago by (...)
  3 June 2002

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