Clipper Race Finish – The Liverpool Sprint

I’ve already blogged about the first two  races which formed leg 8 of my Clipper Race adventure. The Atlantic race part one and two, and the race from N Ireland to the English coast. In this blog, I’m going to tell you about the last race, which saw us sprint up the Mersey to the official Clipper Race 17/18 finish at Albert Docks.

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Racing in to Liverpool

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Clipper Race, Leg 8, Race 13 – N Ireland to England

After our Atlantic race (see part one and two here) followed by an incredible couple of weeks in N Ireland, we were ready to set sail again. The last ‘big’ race, 1,000 miles around Ireland and over the Irish Sea to the English coast.

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Robin Knox-Johnson waving us off, as thousands line the river banks, for the most incredible send off

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