SAILING ICON SIR ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON TO KICKSTART 50th ANNIVERSARY AT BOOT DUSSELDORF
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail solo non-stop around the globe, is to appear at Boot Dusseldorf, the biggest trade fair in the world/ On Monday 21 January, Sir Robin will be taking to the Sailing Stage in Hall 15 at 14:30 (UTC+1) to talk about his record-breaking achievement ahead of its 50th anniversary in April this year.
One of Sir Robin’s legacies has been to make sailing accessible. By founding the Clipper Race, the biggest round the world yacht race, now in its twelfth edition, some 5,000 non-professional crew members from all walks of life achieve the remarkable.
Chris Kobusch, Clipper 2017-18 Race Skipper, originally from Herford, Germany, is fresh from leading the Qingdao Clipper Race team to a place on the the overall podium. Chris will be speaking on Friday 25 January at 16:30 (UTC+1) on the Sailing Stage in Hall 15.
Almost 5000 novices have been turned into ocean racers during the past 23 years of the Clipper Race, though still more people have climbed Mount Everest than circumnavigated the globe.
Eleven Clipper Race teams compete on the world’s largest matched fleet of 70-foot ocean racing yachts. Around 710 crew come from all walks of life and from all around the world, with over 40 different nationalities represented. Crew can complete the full circumnavigation, or one or more of the eight legs that make up the Clipper Race.
The 12th edition of the race will begin in Summer 2019.
Image Sir RKJ aboard Suhaili, at Falmouth, start of the 2nd Golden Globe Race June 2018 © PPL