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Clipper Race Yachts To Arrive In Adelaide

GREAT Britain Crew working hardTwo Clipper Round the World Yacht Race boats will arrive at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron this Friday, with an open boat opportunity for the public to get a taste of life at sea on Sunday ahead of the Clipper 2013-14 Race stopovers in Australia.

The two Clipper 68 yachts are veterans of four global circumnavigations of previous Clipper Round the World Yacht Races, and will stop in Adelaide for two days en route from England to their new home in Sydney where they will form a training base.

Local people will be able to look on board the yachts during an open boat session as part of the nationwide Discover Sailing Day at the marina on Sunday 27 October to see where crew sail and live for 11 months during the 40,000 mile ocean odyssey.

Legendary British yachtsman and Clipper Race founder and Chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston said: “This is the first time any Clipper Race yachts will have stopped in Adelaide, and we are excited to strengthen our relationship with Australia, which is an ever increasing market for us.

“Australia always gives the race and its amateur crews an extremely warm welcome so we look forward to showing our yachts to the people of South Australia.”
The brand new matched fleet of twelve 70ft ocean racing yachts will visit Albany, Sydney, Hobart and Brisbane as well as taking part in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race between the end of November and mid-January as part of their global journey.

The two Clipper 68 yachts are bound for Sydney where they will be based from early November and will be used by Clipper Ventures Australia for crew training and development, corporate sailing and events including participation in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race.

Australia has been a regular Clipper Race destination since the 2005-06 edition, with past stopovers including Freemantle, Geraldton and the Gold Coast.
The 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Race, which departed London on September 1st, includes the inaugural Australian host ports of Albany, Sydney, entry of the twelve-strong fleet into the prestigious Rolex Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race and Brisbane.

There are two entries led by Australian skippers vying for victory in the Clipper 2013-14 Race. PSP Logistics is skippered by Chris Hollis from Sydney and Team Garmin is led by Queensland-based Damian Parnham.

27 OCTOBER, Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron, 161 Oliver Rogers Rd, Outer Harbor SA 5018

1100-1500 Public invited to look around a yacht and see where the crews eat, sleep and navigate during the round the world voyage

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