{"id":8544,"date":"2015-01-21T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2015-02-01T20:49:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T19:49:15","slug":"ulster-crew-invited-to-climb-aboard-next-clipper-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/01\/ulster-crew-invited-to-climb-aboard-next-clipper-race\/","title":{"rendered":"ULSTER CREW INVITED TO CLIMB ABOARD NEXT CLIPPER RACE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The search for Ulster men and women who want to be part of the region\u2019s Derry-Londonderry-Doire<\/em> team in the next Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has been launched this week.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Organisers of the world famous Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have announced they will visit Derry-Londonderry and Belfast next month to meet prospective local crew members and Derry City Council has revealed it wants business partners to get behind the Derry~Londonderry~Doire<\/em> team for the 2015-16 series and help make its third race campaign the most successful to date.<\/p>\n

Clipper Race organisers, including former crew members, are touring Ireland and will host a free talk at Derry-Londonderry\u2019s Guildhall on Friday 6 February at 6.30pm, and then Belfast\u2019s Odyssey Complex on Saturday 7 Feb at 12.00pm, for those interested in finding out more about getting on board the world\u2019s longest and most unique ocean challenge.
\nHuge crowds lined the Foyle to welcome home the Derry~Londonderry~Doire<\/em> yacht and the international Clipper Race crew members last June. During the stopover, more than 250,000 people also attended the city\u2019s 2014 LegenDerry Maritime Festival which was held in conjunction with the race fleet\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

Seventeen Irish crew members took part in the last Clipper Race. One of those was University of Ulster nurse, Breidge Boyle, 52, from Newtonabbey, who was a crew member on board\u00a0 the Derry~Londonderry~Doire<\/em> yacht during its journey across the North Atlantic in the last race.<\/p>\n

Breidge says: \u201cIf you want to push your limits and do something truly amazing that will change your life forever, the Clipper Race is it. When I look back at what I have done I know I have accomplished something truly extraordinary. It’s given me some really, really good core values, strength to dig deep when times are tough and real ability to work in and lead a team. I urge anyone to take on the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

80 per cent of crew places for the 2015-16 race are now filled but there are still places available on most legs. Founded by legendary sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world in 1968\/9 and is truly unique. It is the only event where people from all walks of life, regardless of previous sailing experience, can race around the world under sail. Crew can sign up to complete either the full circumnavigation or one or more of the eight race legs.<\/p>\n

The Clipper 2015-16 Race will be the tenth edition of the biennially held event. It sets sail on Sunday, 30 August 2015 from the South of England and will arrive in Derry-Londonderry in July 2016 during the final, homecoming leg of its 40,000 nautical mile circumnavigation.
\nThe full recruitment tour dates and locations are as follows:<\/p>\n

-Saturday 31 January \u2013 Dublin \u2013 National Yacht Club, 10.30am<\/p>\n

-Monday 2 February \u2013 Cork \u2013 Royal Cork Yacht Club, 6.30pm<\/p>\n

-Wednesday 4 February \u2013 Galway \u2013 Harbour Hotel, 6.30pm<\/p>\n

-Friday 6 February \u2013 Derry\/Londonderry \u2013 Guildhall, 6.30pm<\/p>\n

-Saturday 7 February \u2013 Belfast \u2013 Odyssey Complex, 12.00pm<\/p>\n

To attend the event, please RSVP to Della Parsons, Clipper Race Recruitment Manager at dparsons@clipper-ventures.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The search for Ulster men and women who want to be part of the region\u2019s Derry-Londonderry-Doire team in the next Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has been launched this week. Organisers of the world famous Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have announced they will visit Derry-Londonderry and Belfast next month to meet prospective … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8593,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions\/8593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}