Betreff: Clipper 2002 Race _blanks
Absender: "Clipper _blanks" 
Empfänger: "Irvin Krumnacker" 
Datum: 19. Mar 2003 10:45

Clipper 2002 Race Report
19 March 2003

GOLD TO GLASGOW!

Glasgow Clipper has won the 925-mile Yokohama to Shanghai race, the seventh
contest of the 16-race Clipper 2002 round the world series. The Glasgow
yacht charged across the finishing line to the east of Shanghai at 04:08 GMT
today, Wednesday 19 March (12:08 local time).

Glasgow Clipper achieved a 20-mile lead over the chasing boats on the beat
through the volcanic islands on the SW tip of the Japanese indexland. A
determined crew, led by Rupert Parkhouse, refused to let this advantage go
as they surged across the bottom of the Yellow Sea making good speed with a
fresh northerly wind.

Glasgow's first victory will be well received within the fleet and even more
so by the crew's many followers and the city of Glasgow, which has been a
strong supporter of their yacht in both this race and the Clipper 2000 race.
So many times in the 2002 and previous races, Glasgow Clipper has been on
the pace only to drop back at the finish, making this win especially
rewarding for both skipper and crew.

Simon Rowell skippered Jersey Clipper across the finish line less than 2
hours after Glasgow at 06:01 GMT. Shortly after crossing the line, Simon
commented: "Tired but happy, crew dead chuffed and being suitably silly on
deck - HURRAH!"

London Clipper then finished at 06:51 GMT and the skipper, Rory Gillard,
contacted Race Control via satellite phone to express the great feeling on
board at finishing in a well-deserved 3rd place.

Adam Kyffin and the crew aboard Liverpool Clipper have taken fourth place,
managing to hold off a strong challenge from Richard Butler's Bristol team.
They crossed the Shanghai finish line at 07:26 GMT and 08:02 GMT
respectively, just 36 minutes separating the two.

There will now be much waiting around and the crews will not be able to
enjoy the shore life until Friday evening. Firstly the frontrunners will
have to wait for the other Clippers to arrive - they only have themselves to
blame for this - and then the Chinese pilots who will escort the fleet as a
whole up the Yangtze River.

The Clipper fleet will proceed up the river to meet a pilot at 05:00 local
time on Friday morning (21:00 GMT on Thursday, 20 March). They then have
about a 10-hour passage up the river, but more of that later!

LATEST POSITIONS
03:00, 19 March 2003

Pos    Yacht       Distance to Race 7 Finish
1    Glasgow    Finished 04:08 GMT 19th March
2    Jersey       Finished 06:01 GMT 19th March
3    London    Finished 06:51 GMT 19th March
4    Liverpool    Finished 07:26 GMT 19th March
5    Bristol       Finished 08:02 GMT 19th March
6    Hong Kong    56.80 nautical miles
7    Cape Town    61.50
8    _blank York    154.65

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Clipper 2002 Race 7 - Yokohama to Shanghai
Fleet visit to Metropolitan Marina Club of Shanghai 22-28 March 2003


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