Clipper Round the World Race News and Updates

The maritime scene in Derry during the last Clipper Race visit in 2018

Loughs Agency Looks Forward to 2022 Foyle Maritime Festival & Return of Clipper Race Fleet

12th May 2021 Clipper Race

The Loughs Agency says it welcomes the news that Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Business and Culture Committee have endorsed the proposal to host the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 2022. Northern Ireland was previously scheduled to…

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in April 2019 recreating his arrival in Falmouth 50 years to the date he completed the Golden Globe Race

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Talks Golden Globe Success & What Came After On Shirley Robertson’s Sailing Podcast

12th July 2020 Solo Sailing

In the latest editions of her new podcast series, double Olympic gold medalist Shirley Robertson sits down for a two-part chat with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, founder of the Clipper Race and the first man ever to sail solo non-stop around…

The maritime scene in Derry during the last Clipper Race visit

Derry’s Maritime Festival & Clipper Race Stop Over Are Victims of Covid-19

27th March 2020 Coronavirus and Boating

The postponement of the Clipper Race 2019 – 20 will have a huge effect on the City of Derry where the fleet was due to have its penultimate stop-over at the end of July. Derry City and Strabane District Council…

The Clipper Round the World Race has been postponed

Clipper Round the World Race Yacht Postponed

17th March 2020 Clipper Race

With the ongoing global outbreak of Covid-19 and the enormous impact it has created on world travel, the Clipper 2019-20 Race has been postponed with immediate effect writes Karla Graves of the race organisers. This decision has been in no way…

Clipper Race contender Visit Sanya China has Dublin Bay's David FitzPatrick on her crew for current leg from Perth south of Australia and Tasmania to Queensland

Dublin Bay Sailor David FitzPatrick Joins Clipper Round the World Race for Demanding Stage South of Australia

23rd December 2019 Clipper Race

Round the World Clipper Race contender Visit Sanya China will be in catch-up mode when she starts the Australian coastal stage (leg 4) on Christmas Day from Fremantle on the west coast to the Whitsundays on the northeast Great Barrier…

The Clipper race on a previous visit to Derry

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Returns to Derry in July 2020

8th November 2019 Clipper Race

Now that the city of Derry’s legendary Halloween celebrations are over, all eyes are on July 2020 which will be a key date in the Derry/Londonderry calendar when, on Saturday 25th, the eleven 70-ft yachts in the Clipper Round the…

Lightning strikes as the Clipper fleet closes in on Uruguay

Lightning Storm Captured as Clipper Race Approaches Punta Del Este

22nd October 2019 Clipper Race

After a hard-fought and challenging 5,200 nautical miles across the Atlantic, the Clipper Race fleet faced one more hurdle in the last 48 hours as they started to get closer to Punta del Este, Uruguay. The notorious Pampero wind is…

After leaving London on Sunday afternoon, the race will officially begin from the Thames Estuary today (Monday 2 September)

Clipper Round the World Race Departs London

2nd September 2019 Clipper Race

Some 220 ordinary people from all walks of life, representing 29 different nationalities, have departed St. Katharine Docks, London, in front of thousands of spectators, to embark on the twelfth edition of the epic 40,000 nautical mile global sailing challenge,…

Simon Speirs died after going overboard from the yacht CV30, aka GREAT Britain, in the Southern Ocean on 18 November 2017

Clipper Race Organisers Call For Independent Inquiry Into Probe Of Sailor’s Death

11th August 2019 Clipper Race

The company that runs the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race has called for an independent inquiry into the official investigation of the death of a sailor during the most recent edition of the race. Clipper Ventures have blasted UK’s…

Four hundred crew members pose on the steps of Portsmouth Guildhall, with sailing legend and Clipper Race Chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

2019-20 Clipper Race Crew Pose for Photo With Race Founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

13th May 2019 Clipper Race

Four hundred crew members pose on the steps of Portsmouth Guildhall, with sailing legend and Clipper Race Chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, after discovering their Skippers and which teams they will be sailing around the world with. The Clipper 2019-20 Round…

Wendy Tuck pictured in Derry last July just days before her victory was confirmed in Liverpool

Sir Robin Hopeful That More Women Will Skipper In Future Clipper Races

27th March 2019 Clipper Race

Clipper Race founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has described as “unfortunate” the lack of a female skipper in the upcoming 2019-20 edition of the round-the-world yacht race. But he also expressed his hope that the gender imbalance will be corrected in…

Clipper Race Skippers Revealed As Preparations For 2019-20 Edition Ramp Up

22nd March 2019 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Organisers of the Clipper Race have announced the 11 skippers who will lead teams in the 2019-20 edition of the round-the-world race from this August. “Not many people are capable of racing and leading a team in the…

Winners, left to right, Tracy Edwards, Nikki Henderson, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Emily Mueller

Youngest Ever Clipper Race Skipper Scoops Yachting Award

7th March 2019 Clipper Race

Clipper 2017-18 Race Skipper Nikki Henderson has been awarded the prestigious Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) Yachtsman of the Year Award after making history when, at 24, she became the youngest ever skipper to compete in the biggest round the world…

Clipper Race Remembers Simon Speirs One Year On

18th November 2018 Clipper Race

The Clipper Race remembers British sailor Simon Speirs, who died one year ago today during Leg 3’s Southern Ocean crossing. The GREAT Britain crew member was washed overboard while assisting with a headsail change during rough seas and high winds.…

The HotelPlanner.com crew is all smiles in the North Pacific - a leg that turned out to be one of the team’s best of the race

Highlights Of A Year Around The World For Irish-Skippered Clipper Race Team

16th August 2018 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - HotelPlanner.com made its debut in the Clipper 2017-18 Race and it didn’t take long to see that skipper Conall Morrison and his team of 57 crew, which included 15 different nationalities and people aged between 22 and 76,…

An enthusiastic welcome for HotelPlanner.com in Liverpool

Derry-Londonderry Duo Complete Epic Clipper Race Round-The-World Voyage

29th July 2018 Clipper Race

#ClipperRace - Derry-Londonderry-born Clipper Race skipper Conall Morrison and round-the-world crew member Roseann McGlinchey have arrived in Liverpool, completing their epic 11-month, 40,000-nautical-mile circumnavigation of the globe. A week after starting the 13th and final race, the Clipper Race fleet arrived…

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About the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is undoubtedly one of the greatest ocean adventures on the planet, also regarded as one of its toughest endurance challenges. Taking almost a year to complete, it consists of eleven teams competing against each other on the world’s largest matched fleet of 70-foot ocean racing yachts.

The Clipper Race was established in 1996 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in 1968-69. His aim was to allow anyone, regardless of previous sailing experience, the chance to embrace the thrill of ocean racing; it is the only event of its kind for amateur sailors. Around 40 per cent of crew are novices and have never sailed before starting a comprehensive training programme ahead of their adventure.

This unique challenge brings together everyone from chief executives to train drivers, nurses and firefighters, farmers, airline pilots and students, from age 18 upwards, to take on Mother Nature’s toughest and most remote conditions. There is no upper age limit, the oldest competitor to date is 76.

Now in its twelfth edition, the Clipper 2019-20 Race started from London, UK, on 02 September 2019.