Clipper 2019-20 Race | Race 4: the Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride Prizegiving

On a balmy summer’s evening, the Clipper Race teams who had arrived into Western Australia and a large number of supporters came together on Fremantle Sailing Club’s Sunset Deck to celebrate the results of Race 4: The @MarlowRopes Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride. The teams, having spent three weeks at sea living in confined spaces, whilst racing at an angle for the 4,750 nautical mile journey across the Southern Ocean, from Cape Town, South Africa to Fremantle, Australia, delighted in exchanging tales and celebrating their achievements. The race was an intense game of cat and mouse for the front-runners, with first, second and third positions within reach for three teams right up to the wire. The vast ocean crossing presented huge waves to surf, squalls, the famously unpredictable Roaring Forties, and conditions ranging from freezing temperatures to the ever-frustrating becalming windholes. Read the full story: https://ift.tt/35jEcWy Applications are open for the Clipper 2021-22 Race, find out more here: https://ift.tt/2Bd1Zgv https://ift.tt/36xuhwE Clipper Round the World Yacht Race December 15, 2019 at 01:47AM