Club Meeting : Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Thu, Jan 21st 2016 at 7:15 pm - 10:15 pm

Jennifer Holmes helps ClipperTelemed+ win Race 11 (Panama-New York) of the Clipper Round the World yacht race.

ClipperTelemed+ arrives in New York as race winners

In January, Jennifer Holmes explained what it takes to train for the Clipper Round the World yacht race. This week Jennifer and the crew of ClipperTelemed+ won the race to New Work. She will return to Reading Abbey soon to explain what it was like to go through the Panama canal, race through a tropical storm and arrive in New York as winners.

Check out these pictures of ClipperTelemed+ arriving into New York (Click here)

Follow the progress of ClipperTelemed+ for the next races back to the UK with the following links.

Raceviewer	Use the RaceViewer to see real time positions of the boats, their speed, winds, waves etc.	Click this link
Team News	Read daily blogs from the Skipper and crew for the inside angle on life at 45degrees.	Click this link
YouTube	Watch videos of race highlights	Click this link

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