Clipper Yacht Race to Stop At Oban

[BlowingOldBoots]

Well, who would have thought that this not quite all of the great capes race would result in a stop at Oban in July 2024. It is Leg 8 from East Coast USA to UK, round the top of the UK mainland.

https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/ne ... -time-ever

Clipper Race crew will experience the breath-taking beauty of this West Coast town and a warm Highlands welcome when they visit in July 2024 – the penultimate stop on the 40,000nm race around the world.

That is date to look forward to, I would like to see the boats.

[cpedw]

There seems to be some confusion on part of the website
"Then it’s a 2,000-mile blast back towards Europe and one of the warmest welcomes of the whole race in Ireland.

With your odyssey almost over, it’s a great place to gather your thoughts and put your achievements into perspective. But still the challenges come thick and fast. A short and intense race from Ireland back to the finish port"

I hope they work out where Oban is before next July.

[BlowingOldBoots]

Good spot. The Oban one is dated this August, the Irish one is not dated.

Oban is mentioned in the host ports page https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/ports/2023-24

We shall see.