Ten months, 35,000 miles of ocean racing and around 400 people facing the challenge of a lifetime . When the starting gun goes off for the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race on 13 September 2009 the fleet of ten sleek, stripped down 68-foot yachts will embark on a full circumnavigation of the globe and I will be one of them...

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