The Journey
The Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race features 15 individual races competed over 8 separate legs. The full circumnavigation is completed in 11 months, which totals 40,000 racing miles around the globe.
Anyone finishing the full circumnavigation will return home as an experienced sailor. The route takes us through dead calm seas, extreme gales, snow flurries, sleet and fog, swells and storms. Sightings of sea monsters, dragons or ghost ships is not guaranteed though.
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Leg 1
Southampton, United Kingdom
Race starts 31 July 2011
Race 1: Southampton, UK to Madeira, Portugal – ETA 8 August 2011
Race 2: Madeira, Portugal to Rio, Brazil – ETA 2 September 2011
Leg 2
Race 3: Rio, Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa – ETA 26 September 2011
Leg 3
Race 4: Cape Town, South Africa to Geralton, Australia – ETA 29 October 2011
Leg 4
Race 5: Geralton, Western Australia to New Zealand – ETA 25 November 2011
Race 6: New Zealand to Gold Coast, Australia – ETA 16 December 2011, ETD 24 December 2011
Leg 5
Race 7: Gold Coast, Australia to Batan, Indonesia (Pit stop)
Indonesia to Singapore – ETA 28 January 2012
Race 8: Singapore to Qingdao, China – ETA 22 february 2012
Leg 6
Race 9: Qingdao, China to California, USA – ETA 4 April 2012
Leg 7
Race 10: California, USA to Panama – ETA 9 May 2012
Race 11: Panama to New York, USA – ETA 29 May 2012
Leg 8
Race 12: New York, USA to Nova Scotia, Canada – ETA 11 June 2012
Race 13: Nova Scotia, Canada to Derry-Londonderry, Ireland – ETA 29 June 2012
Race 14: Derry-Londonderry, Ireland to The Netherlands – ETA 11 July 2012
Race 15: The Netherlands to Southampton, UK – Race finish ETA 22 July 2012
The exact race route should be confirmed by end of May 2011.
