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Email from Babs:
Hi there,
Firstly my apologies for this mass email, but I wanted to let as many of you know about the amazing adventure I’m soon to undertake.
On the 12th February 2010 I signed up to take part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, an 8 leg 40,000 mile yacht race. I’d originally planned to sign up for just the one of the legs, but to those of you who know me well I can be rather indecisive and as I couldn’t decide which of the 8 legs to do, the simplest option was to do the whole 40,000 mile circumnavigation !
So on July 31st I shall set off from Southampton in the UK on a circumnavigation of the globe. It will take 11 months to complete and during this we’ll cross the Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic, the Southern Ocean, the Java and South China Seas plus the mighty Pacific. We’ll go around two of the three great capes – Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin and we’ll dip down into the roaring 40’s on our way to New Zealand.
In the race there are going to be 10 identical 68 foot stripped down racing yachts with 18 crew on board, each boat will be representing a country or a region of a country.
I’ve set up a website here and I’ll be trying to post updates from the various ports, the posts with photos and video will document my journey from a novice sailor to a seasoned circumnavigator on board the yacht Gold Coast Australia. I hope that you will come with me on this incredible journey around the world.
You can also view the race on the official website here. it has a link to the race viewer which is updated every 3 hours and gives near real-time positions of the boats as they race around the globe.
Seems a funny thing to say but have a good year and I’ll see you when I get back, 22nd July 2012 Ocean Village Southampton 40 000 miles later !
Bye for now
Babs
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