Race Information: Clipper Round The World Yacht Race

Leg 7: West Coast USA to Panama to East Coast USA

Inshore or offshore is the dilemma facing the teams as they take to the Pacific once more. The benefits of the inshore current can be out-weighed but the unpredictable winds but offshore although the winds are more consistent the current can't help. The result of this race cannot be determined by the initial charge though, as the further south that the crews travel the winds become more unreliable and difficult to predict. Arriving at Panama marks the end of race 10. Crews get the chance to relax before embarking on the next race which goes through the canal, a major shipping thoroughfare bringing some prosperity and over 14,500 vessels to the country each year.

Rising through the locks to Gatun lake and then down towards the Atlantic, race 11 takes crews through the exquisitely beautiful seas of the Caribbean. Heat from the tropical climate, the trade winds, squalls and storms all provide hardy challenges until the crews head into New York passing the Statue of Liberty and marking the sixth time that the Clipper Race has visited this history-laden, 24 hour city.

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