The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is returning to Portsmouth to kick off its next lap of the globe. When its fleet departs from Gunwharf Quays this August, the event will be celebrating two milestones - the 25th anniversary of its first departure from the city (for The Times 2000 Clipper Race) and 30 years of training people to cross oceans and sail around the world.
Partnering with Gunwharf Quays on the event, the Clipper Race will run a four-day festival from the 28 August, taking over the venue and its surrounding waters, culminating in a grand departure for the competing teams on 31 August. Building on the success of its last event in the city (in 2024), the Clipper Race hopes to bring an even bigger number of domestic and international visitors to Portsmouth.
Each team of Race Crew, which is led by a professional Skipper and First Mate, will wave goodbye to Portsmouth Harbour as they buckle down for eleven months of battling storm-force winds, towering waves, and the relentlessness of racing 24 hours a day for up to 30 days at a time, across some of the world's most unforgiving oceans. This will be the second consecutive departure from Portsmouth, for the Clipper Race after the event's Race Start (and Finish) was hosted in Gunwharf Quays for its 2023-24 edition.
The full Clipper Race Start Festival programme will launch in early summer, along with the opportunity to book a place on one of the spectator boats that will get up close to the action. The Clipper Race is a Hampshire run company, based in Gosport, where it operates its HQ and on the water training centre.
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