Clipper Race 2015\/16 start<\/p>\n
31 Jul 2015<\/p>\n
The fleet will departs St Katharine Docks and parade in the River Thames on Sunday 30 August 2015<\/p>\n
CLIPPER: The start of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race is nearing, with the yachts leaving Sunday 30 August at 1300 from St Katherine Docks on the River Thames, London.<\/p>\n
The start of the tenth edition of the world\u2019s longest ocean race for amateur sailors will be marked by the full fleet passing through Tower Bridge in a colourful parade down the Thames accompanied by a flotilla of spectator boats.<\/p>\n
More than 700 crew members representing 42 different nationalities will participate in the 40,000 nautical mile race. The eight-leg race route will visit six continents and will take 11 months to complete.<\/p>\n
Around 400 crew members hail from the UK and 130 specifically from London \u2013 double the figure of the 2013-14 edition \u2013 while 42 nationalities will be represented in total including New Zealand, Australian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Canadian, Irish, Singaporean, Russian, Pakistani, Latvian and Romanian, among others.<\/p>\n
The amateur crew are largely novice, with 40% having never sailed before starting their training, but each yacht is under the command of a professional skipper.<\/p>\n
They will be racing the latest generation fleet of 12 Clipper 70ft ocean racing yachts, specially designed for the extreme endurance test.<\/p>\n
The details of Sunday 30 August are as below:<\/p>\n
1100 \u2013 1800: Free entertainment in the Race Village<\/p>\n
1300: Official crew departure ceremony opens with teams on stage<\/p>\n
1415: Fleet departs St Katharine Docks and parades in River Thames<\/p>\n
1530: Fleet parades through Tower Bridge into the Upper Pool<\/p>\n
1600: Fleet parades back through Tower Bridge to head down river<\/p>\n
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