South African crew captained by Ryan Gibson triumphs in the South Atlantic leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and arrives in Cape Town. This is the first time a South African has won this leg of the race.
South Africa added to its bottomless bag of sporting victories when a crew captained by Capetonian Ryan Gibson triumphed in the South Atlantic leg of the illustrious Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and arrived in his home city on Thursday morning. This is the first time a South Africa n has won this leg of the Clipper Race, an event that started in 1996 and sees people from all walks of life – whether professional sailors or not – train to take part in an eight-stage race around the world.
‘Dare To Lead’ won Race Three of the global circumnavigation, just five nautical miles ahead of second-placed team ‘Perseverance’. Gibson is the skipper of a mixed-nationality team called ‘Dare To Lead’ which includes six South African non-professional crew members. As the sun rose over Table Mountain on Friday morning, Gibson and his team sailed across the finish line after racing 3 555 nautical miles from Urugua
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