Clipper 09-10 - Flying start gets underway from Cork, Ireland



11:42 PM Fri 9 Jul 2010 GMT
'Cape Breton Island Start Race 13 in Cork' Clipper Ventures PLC &copy
Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race - the second last race of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race is underway. At 1700 local time (1600 GMT) the cannon fired from the Royal Cork Yacht Club's start line at Weaver's Point near Crosshaven at the mouth of Cork Harbour to set the teams on their way in the 550-mile race to Ijmuiden, Holland. In wet and overcast conditions with a breeze of 15 knots from the south, the fleet got off to a flying start. Uniquely Singapore was first to cross the start line, closely followed by Spirit ...


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by Heather Ewing




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