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Approaching the starting line on a leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 June 2008

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race was conceived in 1995 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston[1] and together with William Ward (CEO), founded Clipper Ventures, a company that would run the race. The race takes paying amateur crews on one or more legs of a circumnavigation of the globe in specially designed yachts owned by Clipper Ventures. Three different classes of yacht have been used throughout the race, the Clipper 60, Clipper 68 and Clipper 70s. The race ran every two years between 1996 and 2002, and then skipped a year, with subsequent races beginning in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.[2]

Clipper 1996

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Route

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The first race took a route starting from Plymouth and then sailing to Madeira, Fort Lauderdale, Panama, Galapagos, Hawaii, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seychelles, Durban, Cape Town, Salvador (Brazil), the Azores and back to Plymouth.

Results

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Clipper '96 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 Ariel Ras Turner 24
2 Mermerus Jim Thom 47
3 Taeping Adrian Faiers 61
4 Chrysolite Colin de Mowbray 64
5 Blackadder Andrew Spedding 77
6 Serica Bluey Neale 82
7 Thermopylae Mervyn Wheatley 91
8 Antiope Charlie Osborne 93

The overall scores were calculated based on the number of points awarded for each race, with first place scoring one point, second scoring two points and so on.

Clipper 1998

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Fleet

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Seven boats raced, with Blackadder not competing.

Route

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The route was largely the same as the '96 race, but called briefly at Nassau in the Bahamas before going to Marina Hemingway, five miles to the west of Havana, a direct course between the USA and Cuba being impossible.

Results

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The race was won, convincingly, by Alex Thomson, who was the youngest skipper to win a round the world yacht race at just 24. Thomson used the win to springboard him into the international racing scene on his Open 60 Hugo Boss.

Clipper '98 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 Ariel Alex Thomson 24.5
2 Antiope Keith Harris 50
3 Chrysolite Tim Hedges 58.5
4 Mermerus Barney Sollars 67
5 Taeping Nick Fleming 71.5
6 Serica Rupert Dean 76
7 Thermopylae Malcolm Todd 82.5

The Times Clipper 2000 Race

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This was the only race to have a title sponsor, with the UK daily broadsheet The Times sponsoring the race and trophy.

Fleet

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All eight Clipper 60 yachts took part, and were renamed after cities in the UK (Portsmouth, Plymouth, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Jersey and Liverpool), with the crews, where possible, drawn from the city their boat was named for.

Route

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The race started and finished in Portsmouth harbour. The stop in the Azores was replaced by one in New York City and to compensate for the extra distance the Seychelles to Durban to Cape Town leg was reduced to Mauritius to Cape Town.

The race attempted to make it from Yokohama to Shanghai but a fierce storm east of Tokyo Bay in March 2001 caused damage to several of the boats and by the time they had returned to Japan for repair, the entry visas to China had lapsed. Instead, the fleet raced from Yokohama to Naha, the capital of the Japanese island, Okinawa.

Another diversion took place in May 2001 when mechanical problems to Bristol Clipper’s generator meant the fleet spent two days in Christmas Island and the crews got an unexpected Australian stamp in their passports.

In another modification to the Clipper ‘96 and Clipper ‘98 route, stops were included in Vilamoura (Portugal), Singapore and Mauritius with the penultimate race going from New York to the Channel Island port of St. Helier.

Results

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The point scoring method was altered, with the races now scoring 8 points for a win, 7 for second and so on.

The Times Clipper 2000 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 Bristol Bob Beggs 97.4
2 Jersey Paul de la Haye 96
3 London Stuart Gibson 82
4 Liverpool Rupert Dean 77
5 Plymouth Matt Baker 75
6 Portsmouth Martin Clough 72
7 Leeds Simon Rowell 40
8 Glasgow Ed Green 38

Clipper 2002-03 Race

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Fleet

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This was to be the fourth and final circumnavigation for the Clipper 60 fleet. Three of the boats were renamed, and international cities were now added to the race, Hong Kong, Cape Town and New York.

Route

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The start point was moved to Liverpool, and an estimated 40,000 spectators came to see the boats off despite a 24-hour delay due to storms in the Irish Sea. 100 mph (160 km/h) gusts turned the local waters into a boiling maelstrom and the start was postponed from the Sunday until the next day.

The race continued to go westwards. As in 2000, the attempt to race into Shanghai failed – this time thanks to the promised berthing facilities being withdrawn. Further along the route, the fleet was challenged by the SARS virus and the yachts were forced to find an alternative location close to Singapore. The popular Indonesian island of Batam provided the facilities and the stop proved so popular, it was a catalyst for Singapore to enter a yacht in the next running of the race.

Results

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Clipper 2002 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 Jersey Johnathan Brockhouse / Ed Green / Simon Rowell[3] 97.5
2 Bristol Richard Butler 95.5
3 Liverpool Adam Kyffin 74
4 Hong Kong Justin Taylor 71
5 Glasgow Rupert Parkhouse 65
6 London Rory Gillard 57.5
7 New York Sam Fuller / Ross Daniel[4] 55
8 Cape Town Roger Steven-Jennings 30

Clipper 2005–06 Race

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Fleet

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The 2005 race was the first to feature the larger Clipper 68 yachts.

After the initial three international boats from the 2002 race, the race was made fully international, with boats sponsored by Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Qingdao, Durban, New York City, Singapore and Western Australia as well as the home teams of Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff and Jersey.

Route

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The 2005 race was the first to circumnavigate from east to west. The route was altered to take account of the faster boats, and to take in stopovers at many of the sponsoring cities. For the first time there was a leg across the Southern Ocean between Durban and Fremantle, and a leg across the North Pacific between Qingdao and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

The race schedule was significantly altered when Glasgow Clipper reported keel problems in the South China Sea, and diverted to Subic Bay in the Philippines, followed by the rest of the fleet that were showing symptoms, causing an enforced 6 week stopover. The revised schedule dropped the planned stopover in Yokohama from the route, and moved the Caribbean stopover from Curaçao to Jamaica.

Results

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Clipper 05–06 Leg Results
Start Liverpool Cascais Salvador Durban Fremantle Singapore Subic Bay Qingdao Victoria Panama Jamaica New York Jersey Holyhead
End Cascais Salvador Durban Fremantle Singapore Subic Bay Qingdao Victoria Panama Jamaica New York Jersey Holyhead Liverpool
CV1 Liverpool '08 1 2 Jt. 5 6 5 - 1 3 3 9 8 6 1 3
CV2 Glasgow: Scotland with Style 10 10 9 10 (-1) 9 - 8 8 (-2) 8 (-4) 10 4 9 7 9
CV3 Uniquely Singapore 4 6 Jt. 5. 9 6 - 4 (-1) 9 (-1) 1 4 1 7 4 6
CV4 westernaustralia.com 2 1 1 3 2 - 9 5 7 2 2 2 2 1
CV5 Jersey 9 7 10 5 8 - 10 (-2) 10 (-1) 10 (-4) 7 10 5 9 8
CV6 Durban 3 5 8 1 (-1) 1 - 3 2 (-1) 2 1 6 8 3 7
CV7 New York 6 4 2 7 3 - 6 7 (-1) 4 3 3 1 5 2
CV8 Qingdao 7 9 4 4 7 - 7 6 9 5 5 4 6 5
CV9 Victoria 8 8 (-1) 7 2 4 - 2 (-1) 1 6 8 7 3 10 4
CV10 Cardiff 5 3 (-1) 3 8 10 - 5 (-1) 4 5 6 9 10 8 10

Races score first = 10 points, second = 9 points, etc. However, Race 1 (Liverpool to Cascais) and Race 13 (Holyhead to Liverpool) were scored at half points. In addition, the race committee did sometimes apply points penalties, invariably for excessive sail damage. The penalty points are shown in brackets after the result.

The original race 6, from Singapore to Qingdao was abandoned when the fleet diverted to Subic, and no points were awarded.

Liverpool and Singapore were awarded a tie in Race 3, after Liverpool had a GPS failure, and could not confirm its finish time with sufficient accuracy to determine whether it was ahead or behind Singapore. 5.5 points were awarded to each boat.

Clipper 05–06 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 westernaustralia.com Dave Pryce/Mark Preedy 94.5
2 Durban Craig Miller 85.0
3 New York Joff Bailey 82.0
4 Liverpool '08 Tim McGee (Sam Fuller Jamaica->New York) 80.5
5 Uniquely Singapore Richard Falk 68.5
6 Victoria Ewan Hind 65.0
7 Qingdao Danny Watson 59.0
8 Cardiff Conor Fogherty (Mervyn Wheatley Victoria->Panama) 51.5
9 Jersey Mark Taylor/Simon Rowell/Richard Franklin/Mervyn Wheatley[5] 25.5
10 Glasgow: Scotland with Style Graeme Johnston/Rory Gillard[6] 23.5

Clipper 2007–08 Race

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The Clipper 07–08 race started on 16 September 2007 in Liverpool.

Fleet

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Once again, 10 Clipper 68s took part. There were some changes to the lineup with Victoria, Jersey and Cardiff replaced by Jamaica, Hull & Humber and Nova Scotia.

Route

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The race had some changes compared to the 05–06 route. La Rochelle was the first stop, replacing Cascais, and the route for Leg 5 changed, with the race leaving Qingdao and heading to Santa Cruz, California via Hawaii, eliminating the stopovers in Yokohama and Victoria. The final leg also changed, with an extra stop in Halifax, and the final pitstop in Cork, rather than Jersey and then finished in Liverpool in July 2008.

Results

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Clipper 07–08 Leg Results
Start Liverpool La Rochelle Salvador Durban Fremantle Singapore Qingdao Hawaii Santa Cruz Panama Jamaica New York Halifax Cork
End La Rochelle Salvador Durban Fremantle Singapore Qingdao Hawaii Santa Cruz Panama Jamaica New York Halifax Cork Liverpool
CV1 Liverpool '08 2 4 2 9 2 8 7 7 6 5 3 9 4 5
CV2 Glasgow: Scotland with Style 3 2 3 6 6 3 3 5 5 3 5 2 7 6
CV4 Uniquely Singapore 7 7 8 7 7 7 4 1 7 6 7 8 5 2
CV3 westernaustralia2011.com 9 6 6 2 3 6 RTD DNC 9 10 2 1 9 9
CV5 Jamaica RTD 10 9 8 9 5 8 6 8 8 6 10 6 7
CV6 Durban 2010 and Beyond 5 1 7 1 5 2 6 DNC RTD 7 10 7 8 8
CV7 Hull & Humber 1 5 4* 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 8 4 3 3
CV8 Qingdao 6 8 5 3 10 10 5 8 2 4 4 3 2 4
CV9 New York 8 9 1 10 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 6 1 1
CV10 Nova Scotia 4 3 10 5 8 9 9 2 4 9 9 5 10 10
  • In Race 3, Hull and Humber crossed the line first, but had a four-hour penalty applied for using her motor during a casualty evacuation near the start of the race. As New York were six minutes behind, and Liverpool and Glasgow also finished within four hours, Hull and Humber dropped to fourth place in that race.
  • In Race 8, Western Australia and Durban did not compete after losing their masts in Race 7. The race committee awarded them points for the race based on their average position in races 1–7. Durban got 7 points, Western Australia got 5.

RTD = Retired, DNC = Did not compete

Clipper 07–08 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 New York Jerry Crew/Duggie Gillespie 103.5
2 Hull & Humber Danny Watson 98.0
3 Glasgow: Scotland with Style Hannah Jenner 87.0
4 Qingdao Marcus Cholerton-Brown 77.5
5 Liverpool '08 Ben Galloway 75.5
6 Durban 2010 and Beyond Ricky Chalmers 70.0
7 Uniquely Singapore Mark Preedy 69.0
8 westernaustralia2011.com Martin Silk 65.0
9 Nova Scotia Rob McInally 50.5
10 Jamaica Simon Bradley 40.5

Where two teams are equal on points, their relative position is determined using the countback rule. That is, the team with the most first-place finishes is placed higher; if those are equal, look at second-place finishes, and so forth.

Points have been deducted for sail damage: Glasgow & Hull and Humber 4, Nova Scotia & Jamaica 3, Liverpool 1.

Race 1 was for half points.

Clipper 2009–10 Race

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The Clipper 2009–10 race started from Kingston upon Hull on the Humber Estuary on 13 September 2009.[7] The race was won by Spirit of Australia on 17 July 2010, when the yachts returned to Hull Marina for a gala celebration.

Fleet

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The same fleet of Clipper 68s took part. The yachts were named Hull and Humber, Qingdao, Uniquely Singapore, Cape Breton Island, Spirit of Australia, California, Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, Jamaica Lightning Bolt, Team Finland and Cork.

On 15 January 2010, Cork Clipper ran aground on the Gosong Mampango reef in the Java Sea[8][9] at 3°35.1195′S 109°10.9′E / 3.5853250°S 109.1817°E / -3.5853250; 109.1817 (Cork Clipper). In 1992 it was reported that the reef and its associated light lie 0.9 nmi (1.7 km) east of their charted positions.[10] The crew successfully evacuated the yacht and were aided by competitors Team California and Team Finland. Cork Clipper was abandoned a few days later after the decision was made that any attempt to salvage her would be uneconomical.[11][12] A Challenge 67' yacht Aurora of London was chartered and prepared and re-branded as Cork in Antigua.[13] She rejoined the race in Panama in May 2010, where she was skippered by Hannah Jenner - former 07/08 skipper of Glasgow - Scotland With Style. The Cork yacht was able to finish the race in style as they achieved line honours into their home port of Kinsale, and won the final race from IJmuiden to Hull; winning a second coveted yellow pennant.

Results

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For this race, stealth mode was introduced along with scoring gates.

Clipper 09–10 Leg Results
Start Hull La Rochelle Rio de Janeiro South Africa Western Australia Singapore Qingdao California Panama Caribbean New York Cape Breton Island Cork IJmuiden Gate Points
End La Rochelle Rio de Janeiro South Africa Western Australia Singapore Qingdao California Panama Caribbean New York Cape Breton Island Cork IJmuiden Hull Gate Points
CV1 Edinburgh Inspiring Capital 3 2 3 5 2 3 5 5 4 6 4 5 2 3 1
CV2 Jamaica Lightning Bolt 6 8 6 8 8 9 9 9 6 3 3 9 3 6 5
CV3 Uniquely Singapore 4 3 8 4 4 7 7 2 5 10 7 1 5 4 7
CV4 Cork 8 6 10 1 0 4.6 4.6 4.6 3 1 1 4 1 10 3
CV5 Team Finland 10 10 9 10 7 1 8.3 7 7 4 5 10 10 2 5
CV6 Qingdao 2 5 4 6 3 8 8 8 2 8 2 8 4 5 1
CV7 Cape Breton Island 7 7 2 7 10 5 10 6 8 9 8 2 8 7 8
CV8 Hull & Humber 5 4 7 7 5 4 6 4 9 7 10 7 9 9 5
CV9 Spirit of Australia 9 9 5 9 9 10 10 10 10 5 9 6 7 8 12
CV10 California 1 1 1 3 6 6 1 3 1 2 6 3 6 1 1
Clipper 09–10 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 Spirit of Australia Brendan Hall[14] 128
2 Team Finland Eero Lehtinen / Rob McInally[permanent dead link] 105.3
3 Cape Breton Island Jan Ridd 104
4 Hull & Humber Piers Dudin / Justin Taylor[permanent dead link] 98
5 Jamaica Lightning Bolt Pete Stirling 98
6 Uniquely Singapore Jim Dobie[permanent dead link] 76
7 Qingdao Chris Stanmore-Major 74
8 Cork Richie Fearon / Hannah Jenner[permanent dead link] 56.8
9 Edinburgh Inspiring Capital Matt Pike 53
10 California Pete Rollason[permanent dead link] 42

Clipper 2011-12 Race

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Aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious leading the contestants in the 2011-12 race down Southampton Water to the start line off Cowes, IoW, 31 July 2011, as seen from Calshot Spit.

The fleet departed from Ocean Village on 31 July 2011 and the race started in the Solent.[15] The race lasted a full year and covered an estimated 40,000 nautical miles (74,000 km).

Fleet

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In this edition of the race the fleet included a newly built Clipper 68 to replace the yacht lost at sea.[16] The race saw several yachts suffering steering gear failures, the most severe causing Singapore to retire during the leg to New Zealand. During race 9 from Qingdao to California, an incident on the Geraldton Western Australia yacht made international headlines when the US Coastguard Cutter Bertholf rescued two of the four injured crew from the yacht.[17][18]

Route

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The route was again modified with yachts visiting Eastern Australia and New Zealand for the first time before sailing up to Singapore.

Results

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Scoring gates and stealth mode were again features of the 11-12 race.

Clipper 11-12 Leg Results
Start Southampton Madeira Rio de Janeiro Cape Town Western Australia New Zealand Eastern Australia Singapore Qingdao California Panama New York Nova Scotia Londonderry Netherlands Gate Points
End Madeira Rio de Janeiro Cape Town Western Australia New Zealand Eastern Australia Singapore Qingdao California Panama New York Nova Scotia Londonderry Netherlands UK
CV2 New York 8 7 3 8 8 (-2) 3 (-1) 4 4 8 (-2) 3 3 5 4 7 4 3
CV3 Welcome to Yorkshire 5 9 4 4 4 (-2) 7 (-1) 2 2 6 (-1) 9 4 8 8 3 5 10
CV5 Gold Coast Australia 10 10 10 10 (-5) 10 (-2) 9 10 8 (-2) 10 (-5) 10 10 10 10 8 10 20
CV6 Geraldton Western Australia 2 4 2 6 5 2 8 9 1 (-1) 5 7 4 (-3) 7 5 6 8
CV8 De Lage Landen 4 3 8 9 6 (-1) 8 5 10 4 7 8 3 3 4 8 10
CV10 Derry-Londonderry 7 1 6 3 7 (-1) 1 9 5 (-1) 7 (-2) 6 1 1 2 1 7 2
CV1 Edinburgh Inspiring Capital 1 2 1 2 3 (-1) 4 1 3 3 (-1) 1 6 (-2) 7 5 2 2 1
CV7 Uniquely Singapore 6 8 7 1 1 6 6 7 9 4 5 (-1) 6 9 10 9 8
CV9 Qingdao 3 5 5 5 2 5 7 1 5 2 2 2 1 6 3 4
CV11 Visit Finland 9 6 9 7 9 (-2) 10 3 6 (-1) 2 8 9 9 6 9 1 3
Clipper 11-12 Results
Position Boat Skipper Points
1 Gold Coast Australia Richard Hewson 151
2 Visit Finland Oli Osborne 103
3 Singapore Ben Bowley 101
4 De Lage Landen Mat Booth / Stuart Jackson 99
5 Welcome to Yorkshire Rupert Dean 86
6 New York Gareth Glover 77
7 Geraldton Western Australia Juan Coetzer 77
8 Derry-Londonderry Mark Light 62
9 Qingdao Ian Conchie 58
10 Edinburgh Inspiring Capital Gordon Reid / Flavio Zamboni[19] / Piers Dudin[20] 40

Clipper 2013-14 Race

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Fleet

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For this edition, the fleet was expanded to 12 brand new identical Tony Castro designed Clipper 70 yachts. In a break from tradition, 5 of the yachts are sponsored by companies rather than cities or countries.

Route

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The race set off from London's St. Katherine Docks on Sunday 1 September, with the start taking place offshore at Southend[21] the following morning. The fleet then raced to Brest and onwards to Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Albany, Sydney, Hobart, Brisbane, Singapore, Qingdao, San Francisco, Panama, Jamaica, New York, Derry/Londonderry, and Den Helder, before finishing back in London.

Skippers

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On 10 April 2013, the skippers for the Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race were announced as follows:[22]

Clipper 13–14 Skippers
Name Nationality Age
Damian Parnham Australian (East Coast) 48
Pete Stirling British (Hampshire) 47
Patrick van der Zijden Dutch (Vogelenzang) 43
Simon Talbot British (Essex) 43
Gareth Glover British (Manchester) 36
Chris Hollis Australian (East Coast) 33
Eric Holden Canadian (Vancouver) 33
Sean McCarter Irish (Derry) 31
Vicky Ellis British (Bristol) 30
Oliver Cotterell British (Hampshire) 27
Richard Gould British (Hampshire) 26
Matt Mitchell British (Berkshire) 26

Clipper 13-14 Results[23]

Placing Boat No. Boat Name Skipper
1 CV21 Henri Lloyd Eric Holden
2 CV26 Great Britain Simon Talbot
3 CV20 One DLL Olly Cotterell
4 CV30 Derry Londonderry Doire Sean McCarter
5 CV24 Switzerland Vicky Ellis
6 CV29 Old Pulteney Patrick Van der Zijden
7 CV22 Qingdao Gareth Glover
8 CV31 Jamaica Pete Stirling
9 CV28 PSP Logistics Chris Hollis
10 CV27 Garmin Damian Parnham/Jan Ridd
11 CV25 Invest Africa Rich Gould
12 CV23 Mission Performance Matt Mitchell

Clipper 2015-16 Race

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Fleet

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The 2015-16 edition of the race featured the same matched fleet of twelve Clipper 70 yachts as took part in the 2013-14 Race. GREAT Britain, Derry-Londonderry-Doire and Qingdao return as sponsors, with other the sponsors announced during 2015 being (in order of announcement): ClipperTelemed+, Mission Performance, Unicef, IchorCoal, Garmin, Da Nang - Viet Nam, LMAX Exchange, PSP Logistics, and Visit Seattle.[24]

Route

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The 2015-16 edition of the race set sail on Sunday 30 August 2015, once again from London's St Katharine Docks, with the actual start of the first race taking place offshore at Southend at 1230 BST on Monday 31 August. The fleet will race to Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Albany, Sydney, Hobart, the Whitsunday Islands, Da Nang, Qingdao, Seattle, Panama, New York, Derry/Londonderry, and Den Helder, before finishing back in London.

Skippers

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On 18 March 2015, the skippers for the Clipper 15-16 Round the World Yacht Race were announced as follows:[25]

Clipper 15–16 Skippers
Hull # Team Name Nationality Age
CV20 Garmin Ashley Skett British (Newquay) 31
CV21 IchorCoal Darren Ladd British (Somerset) 49
Rich Gould 29
CV22 PSP Logistics Max Stunell British (Portsmouth) 34
CV23 Visit Seattle Huw Fernie British (Falmouth) 31
CV24 LMAX Exchange Olivier Cardin French (Saint Aubin sur Mer) 45
CV25 Da Nang - Viet Nam Wendy Tuck Australian (Sydney) 50
CV26 ClipperTelemed+ Diane Reid Canadian 42
Matt Mitchell British 28
CV27 GREAT Britain Peter Thornton British (Gorran Haven) 36
CV28 Qingdao Igor Gotlibovych Ukrainian/German 27
Bob Beggs British 55
CV29 Derry-Londonderry-Doire Daniel Smith British (West Kilbride) 31
CV30 Unicef Jim Prendergast British (Sheffield/Gosport) 40
Paul Atwood British/Australian 60
Martin Clough British (Lancashire) 58
CV31 Mission Performance Greg Miller British (Gosport) 39

Results

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On 29 July 2016, the winners of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race were announced as follows:[26]

Clipper 2015-16 Results
Placing Boat No. Boat Name Skipper Points
1 CV24 LMAX Exchange Olivier Cardin 152
2 CV29 Derry-Londerry-Doire Dan Smith 145
3 CV27 GREAT Britain Pete Thornton 126
4 CV20 Garmin Ash Skett 125
5 CV28 Qingdao Bob Beggs 79
6 CV31 Mission Performance Greg Miller 78
7 CV25 Da Nang - Viet Nam Wendy Tuck 77
8 CV23 Visit Seattle Huw Fernie 76
9 CV26 ClipperTelemed+ Matt Mitchell 74
10 CV30 Unicef Martin Clough 65
11 CV21 IchorCoal Rich Gould 54
12 CV22 PSP Logistics Max Stunell 45

Clipper 2017-18 Race

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Fleet

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The 2017-18 edition of the race featured the same matched fleet of twelve Clipper 70 yachts as took part in the 2015-16 Race. CV24, Greenings, retired from the race entirely when it ran aground on October 31, 2017 off the coast of Cape Town.[27]

Route

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The 2017-18 edition of the race set sail on Sunday 20 August 2017, Liverpool’s Albert Dock. This was the fourth time Liverpool has hosted the Clipper race, making it the most frequented Clipper Race stopover port. The fleet raced to Punta del Este, Cape Town, Freemantle, Sydney, Hobart, the Whitsunday Islands, Sanya, Qingdao, Seattle, Panama, New York, Derry/Londonderry, before finishing back in Liverpool on Saturday, July 28, 2018.[28]

Results

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The race was won by Wendy Tuck, who was the first female skipper to win a round the world yacht race. In second place came Nikki Henderson, to date the youngest skipper of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.[29]

The results of the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race were announced as follows:[30]

Clipper 2017-18 Results
Placing Boat No. Boat Name Skipper Points
1 CV27 Sanya Serenity Coast Wendy Tuck 143
2 CV26 Visit Seattle Nikki Henderson 139
3 CV29 Qingdao Chris Kobusch 135
4 CV28 PHP Logistics Matt Mitchell 125
5 CV22 Garmin Gaetan Thomas 121
6 CV25 Dare To Lead Dale Smyth 108
7 CV21 Unicef Bob Beggs 106
8 CV30 Great Britain David Hartshorn 90
9 CV20 Liverpool 2018 Lance Shepherd 79
10 CV23 Hotelplanner.com Conall Morrison 69
11 CV31 Nasdaq Rob Graham 61
12 CV24 Greenings David Hartshorn retired

Clipper 2019-20 Race

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Route

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The race started at London and continued to Portimao, Punta del Este, Cape Town, Fremantle, Whitsundays and Subic Bay. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the organisers to cancel visits to Chinese ports and suspend the remaining legs.[31] The race resumed in March 2022,[32] when the sailors parted from Subic Bay and travelled to Seattle, Panama, Bermuda, New York, Derry and finally back to London.[33]

Results

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Clipper 2019-20 Results
Placing Boat Name Points[34]
1 CV30 Qingdao 145
2 CV25 Punta del Este 135
3 CV26 Ha Long Bay, Vietnam 127
4 CV23 WTC Logistics 121
5 CV31 Unicef 117
6 CV29 Visit Sanya, China 107
7 CV21 GoToBermuda 104
8 CV20 Imagine Your Korea 79
9 CV28 Zhuhai 74
10 CV22 Seattle 65
11 CV27 Dare To Lead 64

Clipper 2023-24 Race

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Route

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  • Race 1 (3-9 September): Portsmouth, United Kingdom - Puerto Sherry, Spain
  • Race 2 (15 September - 12 October): Puerto Sherry, Spain - Punta del Este, Uruguay
  • Race 3 (22 October - 6 November): Punta del Este, Uruguay - Cape Town, South Africa
  • Race 4 (16 November - 8 December): Cape Town, South Africa - Fremantle, Australia
  • Race 5 (19 December - 1 January): Fremantle, Australia - Newcastle, Australia
  • Race 6 (10-16 January): Newcastle, Australia - Whitsunday Islands, Australia
  • Race 7 (22 January - 16 February): Whitsundays, Australia - Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • Race 8 (27 January - 2 March): Ha Long Bay, Vietnam - Zhuhai, China
  • Race 9 (9-18 March): Zhuhai, China - Qingdao, China
  • Race 10 (25 March - 19 April): Qingdao, China - Seattle, United States
  • Race 11 (2-27 May): Seattle, United States - Panama City, Panama
  • Race 12 (5-17 June): Panama City, Panama - Washington, D.C., United States
  • Race 13 (25 June - 16 July): Washington, D.C., United States - Oban, United Kingdom
  • Race 14 (21-27 July): Oban, United Kingdom - Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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