After Two-Year Delay, Clipper Race Sends Teams Across Pacific Towards Seattle

The sailing team representing the city of Seattle, along with the ten other teams competing in the international Clipper Race, began their journey across the North Pacific Ocean towards its namesake destination, with a drive…

Historic Clipper Race finishes in Liverpool, 'Visit Seattle' takes second place

History has been made in Liverpool today as Australian sailor, Wendy Tuck, became the first ever woman to win a round the world yacht race after leading her Sanya Serenity Coast team to clinch overall victory in the Clipper…

'Visit Seattle' wins Clipper Race North Atlantic leg

Nikki Henderson, 24, from Surrey, UK, has led her Visit Seattle team to an impressive victory in Race 12 from New York, USA, to Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the penultimate race of the 40,000 nautical mile Clipper…

UPDATE: Clipper fleet says farewell to PNW, heads for Panama

The Clipper Fleet start on Elliott Bay. (Photo courtesy of CSR Marine). The teams competing in Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Race set sail from Seattle on Sunday, embarking on a race that will take them down the coast to…

United By Adventure – Friendships and Perspectives of Offshore Sailors and the Clipper Round the World Race

Local author, Wendy Hinman, shares the story of her friendship with a Clipper Round the World participant (Sandra), her personal experience of the last Seattle stopover, and the perspectives she and Sandra share as offshore…

Seattle Homecoming: Clipper teams ready to tackle the North Pacific

The most eagerly anticipated stage of the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race got underway today from Qingdao, China, ahead of a grueling test covering over 5,500 nautical miles across the North Pacific Ocean towards…

'Visit Seattle' takes dramatic win in Clipper Race

Visit Seattle, Skippered by 24-year-old British sailor Nikki Henderson, has pulled off a sensational victory in Race 8 of the thirteen stage Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race, stealing the victory from PSP…