<p>On the 31st July 2011 a team of 50 amateurs representing <a href="http://www.teameic.com">Edinburgh Inspiring Capital</a> set sail from Southampton on the <a href="http://http//www.clipperroundtheworld.com">Clipper Round the World Yacht Race</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>The Clipper Race is tough. It is contested by ten stripped down 68-foot racing yachts, each sponsored by an international city, region or country, and all of them crewed by people like you.&nbsp;</strong><br /><br />Housewives, taxi drivers, chief executives, lawyers, doctors, carpenters, truck drivers, IT specialists, marketing executives and even members of the clergy have all taken up the Clipper challenge &ndash; to race around the world under sail. It is a feat that fewer people have completed than have climbed Mount Everest.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">During their year long round the world voyage the team will raise money for the Ocean Youth Trust.</span></p>