Clipper 13-14 Race
Leg 2, Race 3, Rio to Cape Town
There are more details of the Race Scoring on my previous post! They started this leg with an overall total of 19 points. Leg 2 – Race 3 – Rio to Cape Town, South Africa This leg contained just one race, back across the Atlantic Ocean from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town in South…
Read MoreLeg 1, Races 1 and 2, London to Rio!
Click for more details of the Race Scoring. Leg 1, Race 1 – London to Brest, France Race 1 was due to be a short race from London to Brest, but time and bad weather caused the race to be stopped prematurely, making the race even shorter and giving a disappointing result for Henri Lloyd.…
Read MoreIt’s a race? What do all those terms mean?
It occurs to me that we haven’t told you about how Anita’s boat Henri Lloyd is faring so far! Before we go into lots of detail, a little background information. The Overall Race The overall race is made up of 16 smaller races. The winner of the overall race is determined by the number of…
Read MoreWarning – it’s addictive!
Straight after the Race Start, well the next day, I was back at work. And boy was that a hard week! For one thing it was the first few days back after a month of being almost completely immersed in Clipper stuff. For another, well read on. The Clipper Race overall is divided into eight…
Read MoreBoat Prep Week London
On arrival at St Katharine Docks to help get our Henri ready for sea after my non-Clipper weekend, I couldn’t find her. This turned out to be a common occurrence over the rest of the week as the fleet of yachts were regularly moved around in the dock. The 12 70′ yachts made the dock…
Read MoreMy “non-Clipper” weekend
My one concession to non-Clipper stuff in August – and the one thing that didn’t change – was the long-planned visit from one of my university friends for the bank holiday weekend. But he wanted to see the boats, so after meeting him at Euston on the Saturday morning I took him straight to St…
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