RACE 2 DAY 8: FAST AND FURIOUS SAILING FOR CLIPPER RACE FLEET 12 OCTOBER 2017 Many of the teams in the Clipper Race fleet have been setting their own boat speed records during some fast and furious sailing on Day 8 of the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms. Leader of Race 2, Greenings,…
RACE 2 DAY 7: PSP LOGISTICS BACK AT SEA AS LEADERS APPROACH HALFWAY POINT 11 OCTOBER 2017 PSP Logistics slipped lines from Piriapolis (Uruguay) yesterday evening to bring the Clipper Race fleet back to its full complement as the leaders approach the halfway point to Cape Town in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of…
10.10.2017 MAPFRE and Team Brunel lead the charge to Alicante Skipper Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE crew is leading the charge into the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday afternoon (see more below) Skipper Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE crew is leading the charge into the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. The Spanish team made a jump on the rest of…
RACE 2 DAY 6: QINGDAO SECURES TOP SCORING GATE POINTS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE RACE 10 OCTOBER 2017 All eyes have been firmly fixed on the Race Viewer during the sixth day of racing as the twelve Clipper Race teams battled it out to reach the Scoring Gate. Following a fierce battle with Liverpool 2018 and…
RACE 2 DAY 5: HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FUSTRATES FLEET 9 OCTOBER 2017 After an intense and action-packed few days since leaving Punta del Este, Uruguay, a high-pressure system has affected many of the teams in the fleet, frustrating their progress in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms. Dare To Lead continues to be…
RACE 2 DAY 4: RACE TO THE SCORING GATE HOTS UP 8 OCTOBER 2017 Whilst the Finish Line in Cape Town remains the ultimate goal for the Clipper Race fleet in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, at least three teams currently have the Scoring Gate in their sights. Dare To Lead…
RACE 2 DAY 3: CLOSE-FOUGHT BATTLE CONTINUES 7 OCTOBER 2017 PSP Logistics safely arrived into Piriapolis, Uruguay, yesterday afternoon, local time, to repair rudder damage, as the rest of the fleet continued in a closely-fought contest towards Cape Town. With less than 10nautical miles separating the top five teams, over the last 24 hours, the…
RACE 2 DAY 2: EARLY FRONTRUNNERS EMERGE 6 OCTOBER 2017 It’s been an action-packed second day of Race 2: The Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, with the past 24 hours seeing one team forced to suspend racing, while the rest of the fleet has continued its fast passage across a turbulent South Atlantic…
RACE 1 DAY 27: ELLIOT BROWN OCEAN SPRINT RESULTS ARE IN… 16 SEPTEMBER 2017 After nearly four weeks at sea and a variety of leaders, Visit Seattle tops the leader board going into the final stretch to Punta del Este. But, with less than 40nM separating it from second placed Sanya Serenity Coast and…