Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 11-12 International teams unveiled

12:12 PM Sun 1 May 2011 GMT

'International crews gather in UK as teams are unveiled - Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race' Clipper Round The World Yacht Race

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2011-12 starts in August 2011 and is the world's longest global ocean challenge. More than 360 adventurers travelled from all over the globe to Southampton on Saturday 30 April to discover which of the ten teams competing in the race they will represent. Three-quarters of the 489 men and women who will be taking part in this gruelling challenge of a lifetime came together to meet their skippers and new team mates, travelling from as far afield as Singapore, Queensland in Australia, Scotland, Finland, New York and Chile to the event at the De ...

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by Heather Ewing