The Clipper Race: Sir Robin Writes Exclusive Race Diaries for iSportconnect
September 13, 2013
The 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is well underway, apoplectic with the crews heading to Rio de Janeiro for Leg 1 of their travels.
Founder and Chairman of the Clipper Race Sir Robin Knox-Johnston will be providing iSportconnect with exclusive diaries, pills giving you the chance to keep up to date with all the latest news and insights from the race.
Sir Robin’s first diary is now available on iSportconnect here and you can read an extract from the article below.
It has been a fantastic and busy past few months for everyone at Clipper Race HQ and for the crews who are now on their way to Rio de Janeiro on Leg 1.
It was extremely exciting to see the Clipper Race start on the River Thames for the first time. The river is London’s greatest asset but is vastly underused in my opinion. Seeing the new fleet of twelve Clipper 70’s parading down with all the crews on the deck was a very proud moment as tens of thousands of people lined the river banks to cheer them on, viagra and spectator vessels of all kinds came to wave them farewell on their round the world voyage.
The brand new fleet of twelve Clipper 70 yachts are proving to be faster than our previous fleet already and have set new race speed records sooner than expected, which is exciting for myself, the race team and of course the crews racing them.
In a similar way to the crew taking part in this epic challenge, we are always looking to develop, grow, push ourselves forward and most importantly, improve.
We always have to evolve as a business and the new fleet shows our latest developments. The build and debut of the new fleet indicates our intentions moving forward and our pedigree at a time of global, financial uncertainty.
There are many new elements included in the Clipper 70’s which will mean they go a lot quicker. These improvements include a bigger sail area, an additional coffee grinder and also two helms and twin rudders for better control.
We had a very warm reception for our first race stop in Brest, Brittany, last week. It is a real French maritime city and legendary home for sailors as well as the Tonneres de Brest, one of the biggest international sailing festivals in the world. I have attended the festival several times with my yacht Suhaili, on which I sailed in my first circumnavigation in 1968/9, meeting up with many French sailing friends and competitors too.
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