Richmond Yacht Club Member John Arnold Starts Leg 4 of the Clipper Race Today
John Arnold, a Richmond Yacht Club member, Undergraduate Dean of Chemistry at Cal Berkeley and owner of the Alerion 28 Diana, wrote in, saying, “I am leaving for Fremantle to race in Leg 4 of the 2023/4 Clipper Round the World Race. I don’t know if this will be of interest to your readers, but please feel free to share if you’d like.”
We’re always interested when West Coast sailors take off on adventures beyond our Pacific coastline! Sailing the Southern Ocean around Australia is a far different adventure from sailing an Alerion 28 on the Bay, and surely of interest to us.
He continued, “My team and I will be on the Clipper 70 boat Washington, DC, racing against 10 other boats from Fremantle on the west coast of Australia, into the Roaring Forties, around Tasmania, and up the east coast to Airlie Beach. The leg is ~4000 nautical miles, and we’ll be at sea — deep into the Southern Ocean — for ~ 20 days. Our skipper is 27-year-old Hanna Brewis, who’s done an amazing job so far on the first three legs.”
“As part of the race, my teammates and I are fundraising for UNICEF to help children in need across the world. Donations of any amount as we strive to reach our target of £30000 (~$38k) are all welcome!
“Thanks for reading and best wishes to all for a happy, peaceful holiday season.”
It will be Christmas at sea for John aboard Washington, DC and the 10 other yachts leaving Fremantle today. They won’t be far from Ronnie Simpson, who is currently west and south of Fremantle as he competes in the Global Solo Challenge.
You can follow John on the Clipper Yacht Race tracker here.
