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cost them a few places in
overall ranking, their spirits
were kept up and they even
celebrated crew member
John Ford’s 29th birthday.
Uniquely Singapore was
103.1 nautical miles from the
finish line when the race was
ended early because of the
lack of wind, and less than a
mile from Qingdao who
finished in sixth place.
Although they fought hard
to keep Qingdao behind
them in the last 200 miles of
the race, Qingdao eventually
beat them for sixth place by
a bare 200 m.
The first spoils of victory went
to Hull & Humber, who
crossed the finish line at
1756 GMT on 19 September
2007.
Due to the short length of
the stopover and the lack of
wind, the Race Committee
took the decision to end
the race for the rest of
the fleet at 0000 GMT
allowing the remaining
boats to motor towards
La Rochelle.
Race 1 is a half-points race,
with five points on offer for
first place rather than the
usual 10, down to half point
for tenth place. After this
short sprint, all the other
races revert to full points with
10 points for first, nine for
second and so on.
The ten 68-foot yachts were
berthed in the Bassin des
Chalutiers in the centre of La
Rochelle before heading off
to Salvador as they
embarked on Leg 2 of the
Race on 23 September 2007.
BOOST AT RACE START
Started with a synchronised
shot from two cannons on
17 September 2007, in a
ceremony at Albert’s Dock,
Liverpool, the Clipper 07-08
Race will see the ten
internationally backed
yachts compete across 14
ports on five continents
before returning to Liverpool
on 5 July 2008.
In January 2008, Uniquely
Singapore will reach home
waters at Keppel Bay in Leg
4 of the Race after 16,000
miles.
A day before race start, the
team got a big boost of
support when main sponsor
Keppel Corporation,
represented by Ms Wang
Look Fung, GM of
Keppel Group Corporate
Communications hosted
them to lunch at Liverpool’s
Malmaison Hotel.
Ms Wang said, “Keppel
shares the same can-do
Overall Race Position
Sailing to win – Uniquely Singapore cheered by fans and supporters in Liverpool
POSITION TEAMS POINTS
1 Hull & Humber 5
2 Liverpool ‘08 4.5
3 Glasgow: Scotland with style 4
4 Nova Scotia 3.5
5 Durban 2010 and Beyond 3
6 Qingdao 2.5
7 Uniquely Singapore 2
8 New York 1.5
9 westernaustralia2011.com 1
10 Jamaica 0.5
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spirit, passion and tenacity
that the Uniquely Singapore
crew has demonstrated
during their training. We are
certain that they will give
of their best and look
forward to celebrating their
homecoming in January
2008.
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