The team Visit Seattle arrived in Freemantle, Australia, on December 11, completing a race from Cape Town, South Africa, across the treacherous Southern Ocean as part of the Clipper Round …
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On September 7, 2019, Jeanne Socrates arrived in Victoria after a record-setting, nearly year-long solo sail around the world. By Schelleen Rathkopf At 77 years old, most people are reminiscing …
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Nautical NewsSailboat Racing
Ladies First: Female Skippers Make Clipper History
by Eva Seelyeby Eva SeelyeThis year’s Clipper Round the World Race was unprecedented, plowing an unforgettable wake in Clipper history. After 11 months and 40,000 miles, Sanya Serenity Skipper Wendy Tuck, 53,(pictured right) was …
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In 1968, nine sailors set out to be the fastest around the world, single-handed – thus began the bizarre and tragic saga of Donald Crowhurst’s last voyage.