We have a doctor on board. Mauricio Concha has joined the crew for Leg 3. Mauricio is a physician. Hannah will still be the chief medical contact on board but I know Bill is very happy to have a doctor back on board for one of the hardest legs of the race. There is a […]
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Leg 1, 100 Years Race Finish For those following the Sailor’s Log, you know that the end of Leg 1 was a real challenge. Team DC arrived in port just past midnight local time. I was able to meet up with Bill after 23 hours of travel time just over 12 hours later. He looked
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10/10/23 1:51 PM Central time The boat is at the dock in Cape Town!!! 10/10/23 8:26 AM Central time We saw Table Mountain from 34 nm away when it appeared through the clouds. It is huge! I’ve never seen land from this far away. Without clouds, we probably could have seen it 50 nm away.
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The Clipper created a FB page for the family of the racers and they post a lot of material there that is really well done. This is a video of various Clipper captains explaining the entire next leg — weather, tactics, etc. Very exciting . . . https://www.facebook.com/clipperroundtheworld/videos/722903109852339/
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10/13/23 7:13 PM, Central time We’re looking to finish sometime in the early morning. Just terrible. I took a couple of watches off, got some decent sleep, and feel much better. 10/13/23 5:06 PM, Central time OMG. After 7500 nm UNICEF is 300 yards behind us! I don’t expect us to finish until early morning.
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Team DC arrived in Puerto Sherry after a rough crossing of the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain. You can see a mini movie of Team DC’s Race 1 in a previous post. Here is a video taken by a crew mate’s wife of Team DC’s arrival in Puerto Sherry. Bill has a
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Team Washington DC finished Race 1 on September 9th in 7th place. While racing, Bill’s crew mate, Andreas, filmed the crew and edited together a great mini movie of the first race that you can here. Enjoy!
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It is hard to describe the scale, fantastically professional organization, and event I witnessed in Portsmouth last week. Seeing it all made me feel much more comfortable with what Bill has undertaken and very, very proud and excited for his adventure. Let me walk you through a little. We arrived in Portsmouth after a direct
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I thought I might give you a little bit more insight into the boat and Bill’s living situation, which I have to say is a little shocking. The 70 foot long boat rides 9 feet below the water line. There are 20 (plus or minus) crew members per leg. (As an aside, there are 9
Hello Everyone! I am still figuring out how to use the website and I am not the most techy so your patience please. I did want to share with you that you can livestream the start of the race at this link: www.clipperroundtheworld.com/livestream It starts at 10 AM Central Time tomorrow. Bill is on boat
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