Clipper Round The World 2013-2014

Care velier va castiga Clipper Round The World 2013-2014 Race?

  • Henri Lloyd

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • Mission Performance

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Invest Africa

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Team Garmin

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • PSP Logistics

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Old Pulteney

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Derry-Londonderry

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Great Britain

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • Jamaica

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • OneDLL

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Qingdao

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Switzerland

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    5
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SKIPPERS WANTED


CLIPPER RACE – The world’s longest ocean race is seeking 12 extraordinary skippers to lead its novice crews around the globe in the tenth edition of the unique sailing challenge – the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race. Are you good enough to take it on?

Founded by legendary sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race gives skippers the opportunity to tick off the ultimate sailing bucket list – circumnavigation.

Clipper Race skippers are extremely special individuals, able to withstand huge physical and mental challenges to successfully lead their team through Mother Nature’s toughest environments.

To apply you’ll need to hold a Yachtmaster Ocean certificate [commercial endorsed] and have at least 30,000 miles offshore experience on big boats, but the skills needed go well beyond the professional requisites or normal job requirements.

As well as outstanding sailing skills, successful skippers will need excellent people management and leadership skills. They will also need to be prepared to fulfil a busy schedule of sponsor and media requirements during stopovers.

Clipper Race founder and chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston warns skippers must be prepared to be truly exhausted, physically bruised and battered, mentally fatigued and sleep deprived during the 11 month voyage:

“Your aptitude and attitude to excel in this type of sailing environment and this style of team is key. We are looking for the best, and at the end of the race, our skippers have proven that they are the best,” added Knox-Johnston.

The Clipper 2013-14 Race has so far taken teams to Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Australia, including entry in the classic Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Singapore,

Qingdao, China, San Francisco, Panama and Jamaica. The Clipper 2015-16 Race will visit 16 global ports across six continents, crossing four oceans.

Those who make it through the tough selection process will be rewarded with a job like no other as they sail into the world’s most famous ports, having built a team in challenging and hostile environments.

They will get to sail by iconic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty and Sydney Harbour Bridge and start races by locations such as Table Mountain in Cape Town and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Successful skippers will be offered an 18 month contract and a competitive tax free salary.

Clipper Race skippers can also enjoy exceptional career progression, as Alex Thomson, the youngest ever winning skipper in the Clipper Race in the 1998-99 edition has displayed.

Clipper 2013-14 Race skipper, Olly Cotterell currently leads third-placed OneDLL. He explained the professionalism, excellence and complete commitment needed to succeed:

“Tactically you need to keep the yacht on the edge of its ability all the time, a bit like a Formula 1 car turning a corner at 100 mph. However if you push too hard you could face disaster. In bad conditions, everyday life is a challenge but scars are souvenirs you never lose.”

Clipper 2015-16 skipper interviews for are taking place right now. Read below for the full list of qualifcations and skills and how to apply.

Qualifications:

UK MCA Recognised Yachtmaster Ocean with commercial endorsement or IYT (International Yacht Training) Master of Yachts
ENG1 Seafarer’s medical certificate
STCW Proficiency for Persons in Charge of Medical Care Aboard Ships
GMDSS GOC/ROC certificate with sat-com endorsement
RYA Yachtmaster Instructor or Cruising Instructor
Note: Qualifications in progress may be accepted under certain circumstances.

Experience/Skills:

Fluent English (spoken and written)
Excellent interpersonal, man management and leadership skills [please give examples in your covering letter]
Ability to build, inspire and motivate teams
Strong communications skills
Significant offshore/ocean experience (c. 30,000nm), with a significant proportion in command
Significant time in command of crewed yachts greater than 50-foot
Strong background in sail training
Commercial and media awareness and a professional image
Offshore yacht racing experience and competitive nature
High level of seamanship, practical yacht husbandry and maintenance skills
UK Work Visa.

To apply for the role please send your CV and a covering letter stating why you would make a great race skipper/ leader, to sirrobinknoxjohnston@clipper-ventures.com.
 
Henri Lloyd celebrated its latest win on arrival into Liberty Landing opposite Manhattan this evening local time, strengthening its lead in the overall race standings with 137.9 points.

Canadian skipper Eric Holden and his team widened their lead over second placed GREAT Britain after scooping sprint and scoring gates on top of their first place in Race 13 from Port Antonio, Jamaica to New York, USA, to clinch the Grange Hotels Trophy.

Skipper Eric Holden comenteed emphatically “It was pretty intense but we collected the triple crown of Ocean Sprint, Scoring Gate and line honours, this has been an amazing race. There are only five weeks left so it is really now or never. It is time to really up our game. The crew are really great, they are pushing really hard, and they are hungry for the win.

Noting his teams welcome party, Eric acknowledged: "We’ve always said New York is our unofficial home port as we have a lot of North American’s, a lot of Americans, and a few New Yorkers even on the team. It has been fantastic and probably our best reception on the race yet."


The first Clipper Race teams started to arrive at dusk with the bright lights of Manhattan creating an iconic skyline to welcome the triumphant crews.

GREAT Britain duelled with all the podium contenders but lost out to Henri Lloyd in the end, maintaining their second place 14.9 points behind on 123 points overall.

“It is not what we were hoping for in this race, we really needed to net a bunch of points but unfortunately that’s ocean racing for you, especially coastal ocean racing, which is what this has been. We’re still really pleased to have got the result we got," said GREAT Britain skipper Simon Talbot.

"It was a fairly frustrating race in some ways. I briefed the crew on what to expect before we left and it was exactly what it has been every other time I have sailed into New York; wind on the nose, wind behind and wind holes and unfortunately Mother Nature did not play our way this time. She took the Ocean Sprint from us and took our lead from us in separate squalls, both of which our arch rivals Henri Lloyd managed to benefit from. Arriving into Manhattan however was always going to be spectacular and it didn’t disappoint."


To complete the podium places OneDLL’s distinctive blue hull appeared out of the darkness after midnight in New York, still maintaining third place overall with 116 points.
br />Skipper Olly Cotterell remarked: "Credit to the team on OneDLL, they performed exceptionally well. It was an extremely close race, often crossing within feet of other boats. At one point I was having a conversation with Eric on the rail of Henri Lloyd.

"I’m pleased we got back onto the podium in this race and that overall we’re eating away at GREAT Britain’s lead on us, while increasing our margin ahead of Derry~Londonderry~Doire. There are still three races to go so there’s plenty of points up for grabs. The yellow pennant has escaped us so far; it would be magic to claim it into our home port of Den Helder."

Derry~Londonderry~Doire and Switzerland also put in competitive performances and are now sitting in fourth and fifth overall on 105 and 96 points respectively. Both teams are expected into Liberty Landing marina between 0300-0400 local time (0700-0800 UTC)


Grange Hotels, a team partner of the GREAT Britain entry, is London's Leading Luxury Hotels group; in addition to the winner’s Trophy there is a hamper for the winning team. The award recognises that London and New York have an exceptionally close cultural, economical and historical relationship and Grange Hotels enjoys a special relationship with many corporations, organisations and individuals from New York and across the US.

The full overall Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Race standings at the end of Race 13, The Grange Hotels Trophy, are as follows:

1 Henri Lloyd 137.9
2 GREAT Britain 123.0
3 OneDLL 116.0
4 Derry~Londonderry~Doire 105.0
5 Switzerland 96.0
6 Qingdao 82.0
7 Old Pulteney 79.0
8 Jamaica Get All Right 74.0
9 PSP Logistics 70.3
10 Invest Africa 61.0
11 Team Garmin 58.0
12 Mission Performance 37.0


Pentru conformitate :)

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Henry Lloyd, castigator necontestat

Henri Lloyd has received the plate for the OneDLL cup at a prizegiving event in Willemsoord, Den Helder.

Second-placed Old Pulteney and third-placed Switzerland also collected their pennants for Race 15 from Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland to Den Helder, The Netherlands.

The prizes were handed out by Odd Wagner, Vice Mayor of Den Helder, Jan Kusters, executive board member of De Lage Landen, and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, chairman and founder of the Clipper Race.


The prizegiving was followed by a party with tunes from DJ Oscar Bigalow.

The win is Henri Lloyd’s ninth podium overall and Canadian skipper Eric Holden and his crew have secured enough points to be unbeatable in the series. They will look forward to being crowned champions of the Clipper 2013-14 Race in London on 12 July.

Eric said: “We knew we were in a good position going into the race, but that anything could happen.

“It was a very stressful race with wind holes, strong tides, busy shipping lanes and oil rigs to look out for.


For us, the race really did finish here. This win is what we wanted. It is a relief to be over. The last race will be tricky with all the sandbars and tides that go on in the Thames Estuary, and so we wanted the race to be over in Den Helder and that’s what happened.”

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston said: “It was an extremely interesting race to watch as the boats were so close they could see each other. That rarely happens, and they navigated the Pentland Firth well, which is notorious for being extremely nasty with its very strong tides.”

“Well done to all the crews who are


so near to completing their circumnavigation now.”



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