The fleet of 10 racing yachts are designed by Dubois Naval Architects specifically for Clipper Ventures. Ed Dubois has been designing and sailing race winning yachts since 1976. They are of monohull design with a composite sandwich construction that is made from two layers of glass fibre with a layer of balsa wood in between. This makes them both strong and light. In fact although they are 8 foot longer than the previous Clipper 60's designed by David Pederick, they are three tonnes lighter.
The construction of the boats is an international as the race itself with the hulls built in Shanghai, the rigging and sails come from South Africa. The yachts are built to the latest Maritime and Coastguard Agency construction and safety requirements - coded to MCA Category 0.
Each boat is sponsored by an international city and this page will be regularly updated to show the latest information on boats sponsors, skippers and crew (showing their respective 'legs' in brackets).
Hull & Humber.
Skipper - Piers Dubin (Salisbury). RTW Crew - Arthur Bowers, Mike Burton, Brett Crawford, Alison Driver, Charlotte Mulliner, Della Parsons, Jeremy Reed, Michael Rouse, Tom Salt & Victoria Strecker. Remaining Crew - Emma Bamford (1 & 7), Duncan Smith (1), Paul Briggs (1), Christine Davies (1), Nigel Kellow (1), Oliver Lowe (1), David Johnston (1 & 2), Katy Bell (2), Kirsten Achtelsletter (3-6), Charles Mischel (3-5), Ken Jordan (3,5 & 7), John Nixon (3), Robert Turnbull (3), Joanna Allen (4-6), David Harper (4), Michael Rothwell (4), Mykola Sklabynski (5), Andrew Gazzard (6 & 7), Maggie Allen (6), Susan Allott (6), Nicky Bakonyi (6), Raeann Greenham (7), Alison Harvey (7) and David Hutson (7).
California
Skipper - Pete Rollason (Cape Town). RTW Crew - Quannon Au, Emma Beaumont, Clive Cockram, Guido Dors, Russell Hallett, Elaine Kirton, Paul Muspratt, Chris Sheldon and Melissa Williams. Remaining Crew - Daniel Malin (1-3), Paul Oen (1-3), Emma Warner (1-3), Shana Bagley (1,6 & 7), Ian Matthews (1 & 2), Charles De Viggiani (1), Dennis Flynn (1), Gary Sunderland (1), Emma Bosworth (2-4), Sam Edlin (2), Graham Patrick (3-5), Mick Helliwell (3), Max Spring (3), Guy Dillon (4-6), Jodie Douglas (4-6), Charles Willson (4 & 7), Anthony Bebb (4), Sheila Cotts (4), Todd Prado (5), Katherine Ho (5), Vanessa Wells (5), Caroline Blagg (6), Edward Coke-Steel (6), TJ Nevin (6), Donna Womble (6), Taylor Agisim (7), Daniel Baur (7), Hannah Greensmith (7), Joe Hummel (7) Robin Irvine (7) and Christopher Wolf (7).
Qingdao
Skipper - Chris Stanmore-Major (Hong Kong). RTW Crew - Abdullah Said Ali Al-Busaldi, Donna Atkinson, Becky Block, Chris Connell, Blue Dalton, Jeremy Gordon-Smith, Barbara Grant, Detlaf Rueskamp John Spicer and Les Wright Remaining Crew - Loiuse Logan (1-4), Lois Bickerton (1-3), Matt Stiles (1-3), Christopher White (1-3), Richard Stevens (1 & 7), James Hartley (1), Melissa Talago (1), Paul Davis (2), Colin Keogh (2), Mark White (3), Matthias Berger (4 & 5), Tim Ringrose (4), Colin Parkinson (5), John Roberts (5), Allan Webber (5), Kate Coles (6 & 7), Peter Guttridge (6 & 7), John Joslin (6), Ian Maughan (6), Rachel Moffatt (6), Sarah Noble (6), Sharon Atkinson (7), David Christison (7) and Calypso Harland (7).
Uniquely Singapore
Skipper - Jim Dobie (Sydney, WA). RTW Crew - Ahmed Saif Said Al Ma'Mari, Craig Davey, Rachel Davis, Jonathan Hays, Nicole Ho, Simon Hope, Andrew Jones, Laura Sarson, Detlef Rueskamp and Hugh Smith. Remaining Crew - Laureen Mead (1), Jennifer Monaghan (1-3), John Newberry (1-3), Sea Robertson (1-3), Tricia Sherrell (1-3), John Blackler (1 & 2), Sally Bell (1 & 7), Thomas Pang (1), Lisa Walden (1), Mario Amati (3), Richard Garner (3), Clive Maisey (3), Megan Thomas (4 & 5), Jeff Carraway (4), Stephan Lam (4), Karan Teo (4), Iris Siew (4), Pek Yew Tan (4), Darius Juskenas (5), Yee On Kok (5), Bart Kregersman (5), Jiang Lei (5), Steve Wickenden ((5), Ruth Cole (6 & 7), Nicholas Johnson (6 & 7), Stephanie Robertson (6 & 7), Rita Budhraja (6), Rowena Homan (6), Glen O'Grady (6), Anneli Tritton (6), David Ye (6), Ben Blackburn (7), Francesco Papalia (7), Adrian Saunders (7) and Adrian Tan (7).
Cork
Skipper - Richie Fearon (Londonderry). RTW Crew - Kevin Austen, Gill Cardy, Sean Coote, Marco Giana, Keith Hale, Michael Lewis, Orla Mellett, Alan Moss and Noreen Osborne. Remaining Crew - David Patton (1-3), Caroline Aylott (1-3), Peter McCullagh (1-3), Catherine Guyler (1 & 7), Nicholas Headley (1), Mark Harvey (1), Jacqui Browne (2-4), Tom Breen (2, 3 & 7), Mike Gammie (2 & 3), Neil Donovan (3), Sarah Boyle (4, 5 & 6), Sarah Bell (4 & 5), John Davies (4), Tie Wa Li (4), Gavin Kelly (5), Simon McKee (5), Conor Murphy (5), Tony Riley (?), Jill Barrow (6), Robert Coupe (6), Helen Fletcher (6), John Gow (6), Philip Jones (6), Nikki Peace (6), Tricia Turley (6), Niall Bennett (7), Paddy Burke (7), Helen Gilchrist(7) Rachel Price (7) and Freya Maries (7).
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia's Masterpiece
Skipper - Jan Ridd (Devon). RTW Crew - Luke Dampier, Shannon Gallins, Adrian Healy, Elisa Jenkins, David Kay, Simon Maynard, David Raeburn, Carol Reed, Philip Robertson and Katharine Simpson. Remaining Crew - Robert Eley (1,2,3 & 7), Marc Sylvain (1,2,6 & 7), Hande Bayik (1-3), Morgan Anning (1), David Herbert (1), Minakshi Poddar (1), Sarah Stratton (1), John Wraw (1), Aleks Collingwood (2), Steven Mead (2), Gerry Vandergrift (3 & 6), Michael Pinches (3), Wayne Ross (3), Jim Webster (3), Chris Weston (3), Kate Prickett (4-7), Eleanor Gough (4 & 5), Tim Viney (4 & 5), Kenji Akinawa (4), Guy Dubois (4), Jane Filbee (4), Dan McCarthy (4), Simon Jones (5-7), Ruth Fowler-Dixon (5), Elaine Walker (5), Patricia Wickenden (5), Achilles Huczel (6 & 7), Alyson Murray (6 & 7), Louise Copcutt (6), Alexa Murray (6), Jeff Biggs (7) and Alexis Ernst (7).
Edinburgh Inspiring Capital
Skipper Matt Pike (Ipswich). RTW Crew - Amedeo Baraldi, Lucinda Bowen, Alan Campbell, Jo Jackson, Simon Lemon, Susan Leslie, Jane McDonald, Les Miller, Oliver Nutt and Frederick O'Hare. Remaining Crew - Michael Boyle (1-3), Stacey Wells (1-3), Grant McKenzie(1-3), Pipa Sharp (1 & 6), Eric Boinard (1), Elle Carey (1), Ruth Spriggs (1-3), Willie Kinghorn (3), Richard Ruff (4 & 5), John Dunstone (4), Paul Rogers (4), Franziska Zbinden (4), Julia Taylor (5-7), Paul Kirton (5), Christopher Robson (5), John Sword (5), Malcom Todd (6 & 7), Ian Eggeling (6), Antoine Reguis (6), Andrew Gildfind (7), Moira Moore (7), Jennifer Smyth (7), Scott Thompson (7) Margot Rawson (2) and Vanessa Harrison (2).
Jamaica Lightening Bolt
Skipper Pete Stirling (Hampshire). RTW Crew - Noel Ardiss, Lindsey Cattell, Pete Collins, John Grafton, Christine Hunt, Mike Morgan, Matthew Shafer, Belinda Smith and Elaine Smith. Remaining Crew - Jon Cross (1-3), Oliver Davies (1-3), Anna Warren (1-3), John Venn (1,2 & 4), Eloise Helm (1 & 2), Ed Carley (1 & 6), Greg Bond (1), Tom Reddaway (1), Michelle Henderson (2,4 & 5), Ron Mangelschot (3 & 5), Mark Davies (3), Tim Ibbett (3), James Kiltie (3), Sharon Loftus (3), Owen Morris (4 & 5), Lily Whitehead (4 & 5), Pavlo Deminsky (4), David Harper (4), April Martin (4), Stuart Irvine (5), Clarissa Edwards (6), William Hanbury (6), Alexandra O'Hare (6), Kirsty Parker (6), Joanna Budd (7), Heather Covey (7), Carl Hassan (7), Neil Hare (7), Michael McVey (7), Karl Prince (7) and Julian Tipler (7).
Team Finland
Skipper Eero Lehtinen from Cape Town (Legs 1-3). Rob McInally (pictured) from Southampton (Legs 3-7). RTW Crew - Pauline Charlwood, Mark Cole, Minke Docter, Frank Gerritsen, Rachel Gibbs, Andy Milner, Andrew Phillips, Hans Sleutjes, Emil Vartiainen, Katherine Tonks and Evie Watt. Remaining Crew - Barry Anderson (1-3), John Evans (1-3), Simone Gross (1 & 2), Nikola Brbora (1), Noemi Lopez Gonzales (1), Andreas Sailler (1), Mark Varney (1), Ann Williams (2 & 3), Michael Yeomans (2), Paul Glasgow (3 & 4), Christopher King (3), Rebecca Marks (3 & 4), Sandy Paskins (3), Caroline Slootweg (4-6), Tony Allen (4 & 5), Christopher Carnell (4), Christel Townley (4), Dirk Van Daele (4), Ian Farrer (5-7), Martine Duma (5), Wade Newmark (5), Andrea Waidele (5), Alison Chabernaud (6 & 7), Lizzie Whewell (6 & 7), Carole Crane (6), Catherine Donaldson (6), Giles Henman (6), Colin Keevil (6), John Beattie (1 & 7), Tathra Chai (7), Nigel Dewer Gibb (7) Martin Morgan (7) and Anna Soisalo (7).
Spirit of Australia
Skipper Brendon Hall (Brisbane). RTW Crew - Robert Bell, John Beveridge, Dawn Evans, Michael Hanssen, Thomas Jennings, Ian King, Sandra Paulus, Penelope Rance, Gareth Rees & Kirsty White. Remaining Crew - Stephen Davis (1-3), David Kammann (1-3), Josie Sanders (1 & 2), David William (1 & 2), Felicity Armitage (1), Lyndall Blakeway (1), Paul Meech (1), Mike McGill (2 & 3), Jeremy Dawson (2), Drew Armstrong (3), Janet Hoskings (3), Tommy Rohan (3), Anthony Sutcliffe (3), John Ross ( 4 & 5), Wendy O'Donnell (4 & 6), Robert Chapman (4), Sean Hefferon (4), Rick Palmer (4), Peter Sprott (4), William Hunt (5 & 6), Gorjan Alagic (5), Joan Clancy (5), Barry Howarth (5), Elizabeth Simons (5), Robert Collins (6 & 7), Kelvin Cope 6 & 7), Leanne McKenzie (6 & 7), Jaime Stevens (6 & 7), Kirston Leslie (6), Pele Wendt (6), Lance Costello (7), Elizabeth Hamer-Davies (7) and Simon Jodrell (7).
Clipper 68 Specification
Overall Length
20.80m
Length Water Line
17.39m
Beam
5.76m
Draft
3.00m
Height of mast
27.30m
Displacement
31.20 tonnes
Sails
Mainsail
10.45oz Dacron, 111.3 sqm area
150% Genoa
9.46oz Dacron, 154.6 sqm area
115% Yankee 1
12.5oz Dacron, 128.6 sqm area
95% Yankee 2
12.5oz Dacron, 84.0 sqm area
80% Yankee 3
15oz Dacron, 46.7 sqm area
Staysail
15oz Dacron, 46.7 sqm area
Storm jib
15oz Dacron, 17.0sqm area
Trisail
15oz Dacron, 17.5sqm area
Lightweight Spinnaker
0.75oz dacron (1.5oz edges), 364sqm area
Medium weight Spinnaker
1.5oz dacron (2.2 oz edges), 364sqm area
Heavyweight Spinnaker
2.2oz Dacron (with 2 ply edges), 247sqm area
Other Systems
Engine
The engine is a Perkins M130C 6 cylinder 130hp naturally aspirated diesel engine.
Generator
The generator is driven by an Onan MDKUB 2 cylinder intercooled engine, giving 5.5kW at 240VAC. This feeds the battery banks, which in turn provide 12V and 24V DC outputs to drive all the boat’s electrical system.
The generator provides the heat for the calorifier, which gives hot, fresh water.
There is an inverter which gives 1500W to 240 VAC 3 pin sockets.
Fuel
The yacht has 4 diesel tanks, two of 400 litres and two of 340 litres, giving a total of 1480 litres. This gives about 1500 miles range at the economical cruising speed of 7.5kts at 1800 rpm (approximately 7 litres/hour).
Water
There are 4 types of water on board:
(i) Fresh water for drinking. This is stored in 4 tanks, each holding 195 litres, giving a total of 780 litres. 18 people at 4 litres per day use 72 litres, so this is just over 10 days’ supply;
(ii) Grey water. This is non-sewage waste, i.e. sinks and shower trays. There are two grey water tanks – 130 litres on the starboard side and 195 litres on the port side;
(iii) Black water. This is sewage, directly from the heads. When in open water this is pumped directly overboard, but in certain coastal regions the black tanks (112 litres on starboard, 130 litres on port) have to be used, and then pumped out when alongside into dedicated disposal facilities;
(iv) Raw water. This is seawater, which is drawn in to cool the engine and the generator, and to provide the input to the watermaker.
Watermaker
The watermaker is a Livol D30 model which is a low power electrically driven version giving 30 litres per hour of fresh water from an input of 350 litres per hour of raw water and taking 4 Amps off the 24V system. This allows the watermaker to be run while the generator is off which is a great advantage.
The watermaker is effectively a very fine filtering device allowing nothing larger than water molecules through. As such it gives very pure water although this may taste strange at first.