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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet fight through tropical storm
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'Race 13, Nova Scotia - Derry-Londonderry Day 7 - Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2011-12'
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race fleet are on day seven of race thirteen from Nova Scotia to Derry-Londonderry. It has been an eventful 24 hours for the ten strong fleet of racing yachts. With a tropical storm threatening to hamper the fleet’s progress, it seems nothing will stand in the way of the teams’ individual determination to win that coveted podium position, and those valuable extra points.
As reported yesterday tropical storm ‘Chris’ which has been the cause of some challenging conditions for some of the fleet in the past 48 hours, has now started to pass reports Clipper Race meteorologist, Simon Rowell, 'Tropical storm ‘Chris’ should be starting to ease off now. Once that gets back to a normal Atlantic low the whole thing should slowly move off to the north east.'
While a tropical storm might deter the most seasoned of sailing professionals the Clipper Race fleet fought on and the Welcome to Yorkshire was the first entry to cross the Scoring Gate yesterday at 15:46 GMT winning three extra points. Geraldton Western Australia followed at 03:58 GMT and won two points. There is still one point up for grabs for the third place on this optional Scoring Gate in the race course. With just three points separating fourth place Singapore and fifth place Welcome to Yorkshire, the top of the overall leader board continues to get closer.
Qingdao is still making its way towards Newfoundland, following an incident yesterday morning, where crew member Lynn Harmer fell below deck and banged her head during unsettled weather conditions. Lynn, 61, from Hull, is still stable and her condition is unchanged. The yacht skipper is currently 24 hours away from shore and is in contact with the Falmouth Coast Guard and the Clipper Race Office. Further updates will be posted on the website.
The Clipper Race fleet is set to arrive into Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland between 29 June and 1 July.
Latest boat positions (1200 UTC)
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Position
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Team
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DTF
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DTL
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1
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Welcome to Yorkshire
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1191 NM
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0 NM
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2
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Gold Coast Australia
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1218 NM
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27 NM
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3
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Singapore
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1235 NM
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43 NM
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4
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Geraldton Western Australia
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1244 NM
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53 NM
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5
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Visit Finland
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1312 NM
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121 NM
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6
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Derry-Londonderry
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1397 NM
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206 NM
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7
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Edinburgh Inspiring Capital
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1426 NM
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234 NM
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8
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New York
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1480 NM
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289 NM
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9
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De Lage Landen
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1550 NM
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358 NM Stealth Mode: position at 0000 UTC 21 June 2012
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10
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Qingdao
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1652 NM
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461 NM
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Full positions are updated every three hours and can be found online along with daily skipper reports.
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race website
by Ruth Harrington
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