The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race begins in St Katherine’s Dock London on August 30th and then begins in earnest from Southend Pier on August 31st. As the Port of London Authority explains:
30th August 2015
12 yachts will lock out of St Katherine?s Dock from approximately 1400 until 1530. At 1530 4
of these will pass under Tower Bridge and gather on the Starboard side of the Upper Pool as.
31st August 2015
The yachts will gather south of Southend Pier from 1200, a cannon will be sounded at 1220 to
indicate the ten minutes before the race start. The race will commence at 1230 and yachts
will start their passage outbound.
There are also free yacht tours in the days leading up to the race…
Admin – thanks for posting this , it brings back happy memories for me as I took part in the inaugural Clipper Round the World Race in
1996/7 , even now (at least once a week ) something of the trip comes to my mind – one of the best things I ever did. We will certainly visit
the boats and be on the Pier for the start to wish them well.
I prompted the ECHO and they have ( today ) responded with an article on this – two local people taking part in the race , look forward to Monday race start.
Admin – if I send you photos of the race start today can you add them here please ?…..Tar – JIM.
Jim, yes please send us some photos, we will put them in a separate post on their own (with info about the race) 🙂