Clipper 09-10 Wild ride in Atlantic crossing

5:13 PM Fri 25 Jun 2010 GMT

'Cape Breton Island crew repairing sail damage' Clipper Ventures PLC &copy

Clipper Race 09-10 Cape Breton Island to Kinsale, Ireland, day 7. The fleet has had a lively 24 hours with some tough conditions for the crews on their final ocean crossing of this 35,000-mile race around the planet. The words of race founder and chairman, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, at the pre-race crew briefing in Cape Breton Island, in which he warned against complacency have never rung truer. For the crew of California, the conditions are proving reminiscent of the race across the Pacific in which their boat was rolled 120 degrees and dismasted. 'It's been a wild night aboard California ...

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