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The News, Portsmouth
  • 19/05/2025
Clipper 2025-2026 Race Launch Event
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00:00Three, two, one!
00:08Hi!
00:10I'm Sarah.
00:12My name is Emma.
00:14I'm from Malta.
00:16I'm from Belgium.
00:18Okay, so where are we today and what are we doing, please?
00:22So we're at the race, the Clipper Race, Round the World Race.
00:26Sorry, should we do it again?
00:28Let's go with it Sarah, let's go with it.
00:30Okay, we're in Portsmouth, very excited for the Clipper Race, Round the World Race, crew allocation.
00:36So today we find out who our skipper is and who our first names are.
00:41Okay, so you're each doing a leg around the world?
00:46Yes.
00:47In the eight leg race?
00:49Yes.
00:50I'm doing like one, two, three and four.
00:53One, two, three and four.
00:55Where will that take you, please?
00:58I will leave in Portsmouth and I will finish in Australia.
01:02Wait.
01:03What?
01:04I'll leave in August and I'll finish somewhere in January.
01:07Fantastic.
01:08Sarah, what are you doing?
01:09I'm doing leg eight, which is called the glory leg because it's the final one.
01:14So we're hoping it finishes in Portsmouth.
01:17I will fly to Washington next year and then I will sail across the Atlantic.
01:23So I will go from, well, it might not be Washington, it was Washington last time.
01:27So Washington or New York, somewhere on the East Coast.
01:30And then to Scotland, which has been announced, over, and then down to the UK.
01:36Okay.
01:37Yeah, so I'll cross the Atlantic on my race.
01:40So I'll leave in June and I'll come back in July.
01:43Fantastic.
01:44Emma, please, please tell the camera about what you're doing.
01:47So I'm doing leg seven and I'm going from the west coast of America through the Panama Canal
01:55and then round to the east coast of America from leaving end of April to sometime in June.
02:04So it's about 38 days and six.
02:06Okay.
02:07Okay.
02:08When did you all meet?
02:09This morning?
02:10No.
02:11Well, I met Emma today.
02:12Oh.
02:13We met today.
02:14And we're on our level more training together.
02:16And I met Marie at the last race, the very start of the last race, which is nearly two years ago.
02:23And we've all stayed in touch.

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