Round the world challenge

摘要

Peter Guttridge sails more than 9,000 miles from San Francisco home to Hull in the Clipper 09/10 Round the World Race. Ten Clipper Ventures race yachts sailed back into Hull on Saturday 17'*' July, marking the end of a 10-month race around the world.Peter Guttridge, MD of Guttridge Limited which manufactures bulk material handling equipment, was on Clipper Qingdao, the 68 ft Chinese sponsored yacht, with 16 crew mates and skipper. For Peter it was the end of a 31/2 month, 9,000 mile adventure whichstarted in San Francisco and took in the last two "legs" of the race. "Leg six took us down the West coast of America, tfirougli tlie Panama Canal to Jamaica and then the final leg seven saw us sailing up to New York, then to Sydney on Cape Breton Island, across the Atlantic to Cork and finally around the south coast of England via Ijmuiden in Holland to Hull - seven races in total".