Clipper Race: A sailing route like no other.

It’s a yacht race around the world like no other, involving 11 months of daring and hard work, as well as 40,000 grueling nautical miles across the sea.  The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is unparalleled in its appeal to the novice and the experts alike, its refusal to distinguish between seasoned athletes and sailing enthusiasts who want to embark on an ocean challenge of a lifetime.
The race across five oceans and six continents is no easy feat.  According to the Clipper Race’s official website, full circumnavigation is quite an undertaking, where one “will have sailed in all conditions from warm trade winds, through winter storms, tropical heat of the Doldrums, traversing the Equator twice and cross the International Date Line.”  It’s a visit to 13 different countries, a real circumnavigator’s journey from the point of departure to the path back home.

The individual legs are as follow: Atlantic trade winds leg, South Atlantic challenge leg, Southern Ocean leg, All-Australian Leg, Asia-Pacific leg, Mighty Pacific leg, USA coast-to-coast leg, and the Atlantic homecoming leg.

The fleet that will carry the participants to greatness is another attractive feature of the Clipper Race, with the third-generation one-design Clipper race yachts debuting in the 2013-2014 race and proving to be faster, more dynamic than previous yachts.  These 11 70-foot yachts are currently the world’s largest matched fleet of ocean racing yachts, the shining jewel in the race crown and perfectly tailored for the grueling sail adventure ahead.

James Feldkamp has years of invaluable experience in the federal government and military, focusing on security and foreign policy initiatives.  He is a lifelong learner and a sailing enthusiast.  More on James here.

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