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[email protected], tel: 01252 555213The crew of the Clipper
Round the World race team
Greenings are to join other
teams in the 2017-18 race
after their yacht of the same
name ran aground off the
coast of South Africa.
Greenings hit a rocky area
on the western side of Cape
Peninsula, roughly halfway
between Cape Town and
Cape Point at approximately
2140 UTC (2340 local time)
on 31 October 2017. The
crew had departed from Cape
Town earlier in the day on Leg
3 of the eight-leg global race.
The skipper and crew were
evacuated as a precautionary
measure by the National SeaRescue Institution, the South
African equivalent of the RNLI.
There were no reports of
any injuries and the MarineAccident Investigation Branch
is leading the inquiry into
the grounding.
The yacht remains in situand, following the incident,
Clipper organisers have
announced that Greenings
will be taking no further part
in the race.
Instead, her crew members
have been offered places on
board the other 11 yachts in
the global challenge, where
they will compete as part of
that team for the remaining
legs of the series.
Six Greenings crew have
already been given places
on board HotelPlanner.com
after that team diverted
to Port Elizabeth, about
500 miles to the east of
Cape Town.
Mark Light, the race director,
said it was ‘fantastic’ to see
such a positive story emerge
from what has been a very
unfortunate incident and
that spaces had been found
for anyone wishing toYacht evacuated off Cape Peninsula in South Africa as the
authorities decide on their next move, while her crew have
been given the chance to continue with other teams
Greenings forging ahead before she encountered diffi cultiesClipper race yacht Greenings
runs aground off South Africa
Clipper Round the World