Emotional scenes as team Zhuhai finish third in the Clipper Race after eleven months of sailing

The News, Portsmouth

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00:00Hey, so it's the final moments of race 14.

00:03We're getting ready to cross the finish line here in just a couple of minutes.

00:06Trimming the kite and really just excited for the end of this whole journey.

00:11I think we're all feeling a little bit of mixed emotions, just a lot of joy and

00:15excitement.

00:16This is a big moment to cross the final finish line of the last race.

00:19But also it means the end of everything too, and

00:22I think we all know we're gonna miss each other.

00:24And so a lot of joy, a lot of excitement, some sadness.

00:28A little bit tense because we're in second place.

00:30Perseverance is just right there.

00:32So we're really trying to hold our position and do well and

00:35finish really strong for each other.

00:37Canada, America, Panama, Costa Rica,

00:43England, Scotland, Europe, UK.

00:58Canada,

01:03America,

01:08Scotland,

01:13UK.

01:18Canada,

01:23America,

01:28Scotland,

01:33UK.

01:38Canada,

01:44UK.

01:49What are you doing?

01:52It's around me.

01:53I have all the round welders, nine of us.

01:56We started in Portsmouth September last year when we were on the world together,

02:01and now we are seven minutes to the finish.

02:04Six minutes now.

02:06Six minutes, exactly.

02:08Five, four, three, two, one.

02:13Yeah!

02:18Woo!

02:21Yeah!

02:24All right, Canada.

02:25Yeah.

02:28Okay, come on.

02:30Austin.

02:32Yeah!

02:33June!

02:34June!

02:36We hear you.

02:39Well done, my mate.

02:42Well done.

02:43Thank you.

02:47Thank you so much for letting me come on your white boat.

02:52Oh!

03:03Two, three, this is two, five.

03:04Go ahead.

03:05Two, five.

03:06Just wanted to say congratulations on this race.

03:09It was a pleasure racing against you guys.

03:15Well done.

03:17Well done, you.

03:19What a race, eh?

03:20That was incredibly stressful.

03:22I think I lost ten years of my life in the last week, but Jesus, what an ending.

03:27I think we gave the viewers at home everything they ever wanted.

03:31Was that enough jeopardy?

03:34That was insane.

03:35What just happened, we just crossed the finish line on race 14.

03:40I mean, after 11 months being in the sea, 14 races, we as a crew have crossed every single latitude of the globe on a sailing boat.

03:51I mean, a lifetime dream has come true now.

03:58I'm so proud of everybody on this boat.

04:00We've come so far, grown so much together.

04:04I have a million butterflies in my stomach at the moment.

04:09I don't know what else to say apart from I'm going to enjoy this huge achievement.

04:14I will.

04:16Thank you, Meredith.

04:19Oh, girl, seriously.

04:23Oh, man.

04:25It's huge.

04:26How good is this?

04:28Yeah, so that's it.

04:31The race is over.

04:33The insanely tense finish.

04:36I don't actually know who won.

04:38Perseverance right behind us, bearing down on us at quite some speed, came in with the breeze in a good angle.

04:44I don't know if we just managed to hold on to it.

04:48But, yeah, we've come third overall, which is amazing.

04:51It's more than I was ever expecting when I started this race.

04:54All the welders have come home, too.

04:56Yeah, it's a bizarre feeling.

05:00It's a bizarre, like, yeah, I don't know.

05:03Like, you never thought it would end at one point.

05:06Yeah, now it is.

05:08It's just crazy.

05:09Like, absolutely crazy.

05:10I've been so, so lucky to have the team I've got.

05:17Did you guys have a go?

05:19But it's been quite amazing to do so well.

05:24Yeah.

05:26Did you guys expect to do so well?

05:28No.

05:29We thought we might maybe finish sort of mid-sleep and maybe get, like, one or two podiums.

05:38So, yeah, we're pretty chuffed with how everything's gone.

05:42Yeah, it was quite emotional.

05:45It was quite emotional.

05:46Yeah, and it's the last time we're going to sail together.

05:48Yeah.

05:49Maybe ever.

05:50Aw.

05:52I think we're a pretty good team, so, you know, we work well together.

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