Clipper: The Race Of Their Lives

700 participants compete in what could be the race of their lives. From soaring temperatures to sub-zero conditions and constant peril, complete strangers with no previous sailing experience push themselves in a record-breaking nautical race.

Clipper: The Race of Their Lives is one of the biggest trials of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. Sailors have to put up during 6 weeks with complete strangers within a 70-foot-long yacht, sail 40,000 miles distributed in 13 races between 12 identical yachts and all of this over 6 continents.

Sounds like a challenge? Watch it now on Nautical Channel.

700 participants compete in what could be the race of their lives. From soaring temperatures to sub-zero conditions and constant peril, complete strangers with no previous sailing experience push themselves in a record-breaking nautical race.

Clipper: The Race of Their Lives is one of the biggest trials of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. Sailors have to put up during 6 weeks with complete strangers within a 70-foot-long yacht, sail 40,000 miles distributed in 13 races between 12 identical yachts and all of this over 6 continents.

Sounds like a challenge? Watch it now on Nautical Channel.

700 participants compete in what could be the race of their lives. From soaring temperatures to sub-zero conditions and constant peril, complete strangers with no previous sailing experience push themselves in a record-breaking nautical race.

Clipper: The Race of Their Lives is one of the biggest trials of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. Sailors have to put up during 6 weeks with complete strangers within a 70-foot-long yacht, sail 40,000 miles distributed in 13 races between 12 identical yachts and all of this over 6 continents.

Sounds like a challenge? Watch it now on Nautical Channel.

700 participants compete in what could be the race of their lives. From soaring temperatures to sub-zero conditions and constant peril, complete strangers with no previous sailing experience push themselves in a record-breaking nautical race.

Clipper: The Race of Their Lives is one of the biggest trials of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. Sailors have to put up during 6 weeks with complete strangers within a 70-foot-long yacht, sail 40,000 miles distributed in 13 races between 12 identical yachts and all of this over 6 continents.

Sounds like a challenge? Watch it now on Nautical Channel.

700 participants compete in what could be the race of their lives. From soaring temperatures to sub-zero conditions and constant peril, complete strangers with no previous sailing experience push themselves in a record-breaking nautical race.

Clipper: The Race of Their Lives is one of the biggest trials of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. Sailors have to put up during 6 weeks with complete strangers within a 70-foot-long yacht, sail 40,000 miles distributed in 13 races between 12 identical yachts and all of this over 6 continents.

Sounds like a challenge? Watch it now on Nautical Channel.

700 participants compete in what could be the race of their lives. From soaring temperatures to sub-zero conditions and constant peril, complete strangers with no previous sailing experience push themselves in a record-breaking nautical race.

Clipper: The Race of Their Lives is one of the biggest trials of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. Sailors have to put up during 6 weeks with complete strangers within a 70-foot-long yacht, sail 40,000 miles distributed in 13 races between 12 identical yachts and all of this over 6 continents.

Sounds like a challenge? Watch it now on Nautical Channel.

700 participants compete in what could be the race of their lives. From soaring temperatures to sub-zero conditions and constant peril, complete strangers with no previous sailing experience push themselves in a record-breaking nautical race.

Clipper: The Race of Their Lives is one of the biggest trials of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. Sailors have to put up during 6 weeks with complete strangers within a 70-foot-long yacht, sail 40,000 miles distributed in 13 races between 12 identical yachts and all of this over 6 continents.

Sounds like a challenge? Watch it now on Nautical Channel.

Welcome to the eleventh edition of the biennial race of Clipper: The Race of Their Lives. 700 participants representing over 40 nations will take on the challenge of dealing with whatever 'Mother Nature' has in store. They will battle the elements out on the world's greatest oceans and will experiences the toughest conditions imaginable: from hurricane force winds to squalls that can knock a boat flat. Find out now what will happen in this unique challenge.

The Clipper Race crews are in Uruguay and celebrate a wonderful visit with a spectacular send-off. One crew has suffered a dramatic incident in the middle of the night, and there is a tragedy that will affect everyone involved in the race. Find out now how the challengers will overcome their obstacles in one of the toughest nautical competitions around the globe.

Coming up in this week's episode, the crews are ready for an all Australian adventure as they sail coast to coast. On reaching Sydney, they will join the blue riband Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with hundreds of other sailors.. After seeing the New Year in Tasmania, this is the final race of this leg, and they will be racing to the breath-taking Whitsunday islands.

Today the Clipper Race crews are going to face up their biggest challenge in this epic circumnavigation of the planet: the Mighty Pacific Ocean. Its fearsome reputation is well deserved and it is not clear how everyone will cope. We meet two novice Mexican sailors who join for the ride of their lives; and a sailor testing her nerve, as the teams are pushed to their limits, facing hurricane force winds, monstruous waves and relentless freezing temperatures. 

In tonight's episode the Clipper Race fleet takes on the Asia Pacific Leg, split across two stages with spectacular destinations in China; crews celebrate the Chinese New Year at sea and swelter in the backing tropical heat; there's a second visit by King Neptune as father and son cross the equator and loved ones missed on Valentines Day.

Coming up we are in the US coast, where the crews take on the Pacific from Seattle down to Panama; the fleet transits through one of the modern wonders of the world - the Panama Canal; and finally a testing shorter race through the Caribbean up to the big apple, as the teams converge on New York. 

After nearly a year of exciting sailing, the biennial Clipper Race is approaching its finale: the North Atlantic provides a tense final ocean crossing, with one team experiencing a major set back; we meet a crew member whose life has truly changed thanks to the race while the others reflect on this extraordinary experience. Also, there's an spectacular finish with the overall results going down to the wire.