Race News

Three teams to transit Panama Canal on Saturday

2008-05-17T03:11:00+00:00

With the arrival on Thursday of Nova Scotia, Liverpool 08, westernaustralia2011.com and Durban 2010 and Beyond, all ten of the yachts in the Clipper 07-08 fleet are now in Panama. The crews have only had a few hours together to swap stories and analyse Race 9 from Santa Cruz, California…

First three teams begin Panama Canal transit

2008-05-16T14:58:00+00:00

Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper, Uniquely Singapore and New York have begun their transit of the Panama Canal. The pilots boarded the yachts at 0830 local time this morning (1330 GMT) and the yachts passed under the impressive Bridge of the Americas before rafting up at the entrance…

First three teams to transit Panama Canal

2008-05-16T10:23:00+00:00

Having taken on nature in the raw for the last 27,000 miles of their circumnavigation, the crews of the ten Clipper 07-08 teams are about to experience one of man’s greatest triumphs of engineering over nature. The first three boats, New York, Uniquely Singapore and Glasgow: Scotland with…

Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper and Uniquely Singapore join New York in Panama

2008-05-14T22:15:00+00:00

The first of the ten internationally-backed Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race teams have arrived in Flamenco Marina, Panama. New York arrived alongside at shortly after 0500 this morning (1100 GMT) at the end of Race 9 from Santa Cruz, California in which the US team finished in third…

New York arrives in Flamenco Marina, Panama

2008-05-14T16:16:00+00:00

The first of the ten internationally-backed Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race teams has arrived in Flamenco Marina, Panama. New York arrived alongside at shortly after 0500 this morning (1100 GMT) at the end of Race 9 from Santa Cruz, California in which the US team finished in third…

New York arrives in Panama

2008-05-14T12:06:00+00:00

The first of the ten internationally-backed Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race teams has arrived in Flamenco Marina, Panama. New York arrived alongside shortly after 0500 this morning (1100 GMT) at the end of Race 9 from Santa Cruz, California in which the US team finished in third place.…

Clipper 07-08 fleet closes in on Panama

2008-05-13T19:30:00+00:00

Having refuelled in Costa Rica, the first group of yachts in the Clipper 07-08 fleet are making best speed towards Flamenco Marina at the entrance to the Panama Canal where they will gather to prepare for the transit to the Caribbean side and the forthcoming Race 10 to Port Antonio,…

Clipper fleet makes Costa Rican pit stop

2008-05-13T00:52:00+00:00

Followers of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race who are watching the fleet’s progress towards Panama on the race viewer will notice the ten yachts are making a beeline for the Costa Rican coast. They are making a pit stop in Banana Bay Marina, Golfito, Costa Rica, to…

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston launches search for Clipper 09-10 skippers

2008-05-09T15:42:00+00:00

Sailing legend Sir Robin Knox-Johnston announced today that his search has begun for qualified skippers prepared to take on the challenge of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. The first man to sail solo and non-stop around the world and founder of the Clipper Race, Sir Robin is on…

Clipper 07-08 fleet finishes Race 9

2008-05-08T08:10:00+00:00

All ten of the internationally-backed yachts competing in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race have now finished Race 9 from Santa Cruz to Panama. Following a thrilling race in which a group of six yachts battled it out for the podium positions, matching each other move…