Celebrity model for Clipper Race leg<\/p>\n
20 Nov 2015<\/p>\n
Model Amy Willerton will join the final leg of the 2015-2016 Clipper Race<\/p>\n
Miss Universe UK winner Amy Willerton will swap heels for keels as she joins the final leg of the Clipper 2015-2016 Round the World Yacht Race.<\/p>\n
The former I\u2019m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant will join the Garmin team, sailing 3,350nm across the Atlantic Ocean to complete the 10th edition of the world\u2019s longest ocean race.<\/p>\n
Ms Willerton, 23, who has no previous sailing experience, prepared for the challenge by completing an intensive four week training course at the race\u2019s base in Sydney.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cI don\u2019t think most people would associate me with challenges like this, as they just see a girly-girl in front of a camera. However, I\u2019m a real tomboy at heart and I can\u2019t wait to get stuck into this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Legendary sailor, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, established the 40,000 mile\u00a0ocean odyssey in order to allow non-sailors the opportunity to experience the thrill of ocean racing.<\/p>\n
The race consists of 12 teams competing in some of the harshest conditions and is the only event of its kind which trains amateurs to become ocean racers.<\/p>\n
After meeting Ms Willerton at the Clipper training headquarters, Sir Robin commented: \u201cAmy really impressed our training team in Australia and I have no doubt she will put everything into the experience and be a worthy crew member.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSailing across the Atlantic Ocean is no easy feat and it takes a huge amount of dedication and team work,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In contrast to her glamorous lifestyle, Ms Willerton will sleep in a small bunk and share a confined 70ft living space with up to 23 other crew members. She will be in a watch system working four hour shifts, taking her turn to cook and clean for the entire team, all while the boat can be heeling over at a forty-five degree angle.<\/p>\n
After stopovers in Northern Ireland and the Netherlands, Ms Willerton and the rest of the team will conclude in London on 30 July 2016 with a Thames River parade.<\/p>\n
Explaining why she chose the final leg of the race, Ms Willerton said: \u201cI am now based in the US and work a lot in New York so sailing home to London means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve made the trip many times by air but never in my wildest imagination would I have thought I would ever sail all that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
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