the crowds are beginning to gather at the albert dock. in half an hour, the albert dock.rsey. here are the boats. 0ne heading into the mersey. here are the boats. one of the members of the crew of the liverpool boat is dom littlewood, the one show‘s consumer affairs expert. tell us which links you are going to sail on. seven and eight, which is the west coast of america, seattle, down through the panama canalup america, seattle, down through the panama canal up towards new york. quick respite, then across the atlantic to derry, northern ireland, then back to liverpool. this time next year, i should be here. why choose those legs? warmth, beauty, the wildlife you see out there. i would love to go around the world, but this race takes 11 months. i can't take 11 months off work. for me, coming home will be amazing. why put yourself through all the discomfort, the weather and everything? where we did our four weeks of compulsory training, some of it was pretty gruesome. everybody said the same thing, why are we here? when i am lying on my deathbed, as we all will be one day,

the clipper round the world yacht race departs from albert dock in liverpool later this morning. 12 teams race, featuring 700 participants over eight stages. 0ur correspondent andy gill is at the albert dock what an adventure for these people. it will be amazing. at the moment there is a ceremony called flipping there is a ceremony called flipping the lines, this yacht will be the next one to go out, to go to another pa rt next one to go out, to go to another part of the albert dock and then onto the river mersey. the race begins at 1230. the first leg, at 35 day voyage all the way across the atla ntic to day voyage all the way across the atlantic to uruguay. about 40% of the people on the crew has never done any ocean sailing before. of course they have been trained. with me is the founder of the race, sir robin knoxjohnston. me is the founder of the race, sir robin knox johnston. why me is the founder of the race, sir robin knoxjohnston. why do people put themselves through this?l robin knoxjohnston. why do people put themselves through this? a sense of adventure in people. they want to

you can see the thousands of people who've come down to the albert dock in liverpool to what this racere the race will start in a couple of hours' time. the first leg of 35 days of voyaging right across the atlantic from liverpool to uruguay. 0ne right across the atlantic from liverpool to uruguay. one of the important things about the race is a lot of the crew on a 40%, have never done any kind of ocean racing before. with me is michelle porter. she was a crew member on the last race, 2013—14. you did the whole circuit of the globe. why did you wa nt to circuit of the globe. why did you want to do it? it has the right time for me, good chance to take a career break. i gave everything up and headed off on the adventure of a lifetime. did you know what you are letting yourself in for? no, the training does not prepare you but there is great preparation but going into the ocean is fantastic. a life changing experience. what was the best and worst of it? winning back in londonderry, that was a fantastic moment for us. the worst but possibly being ta ken moment for us. the worst but possib

the clipper round the world yacht race departs from albert dock in liverpool later this morning. 12 teamsrace, featuring 700 participants over eight stages. 0ur correspondent andy gill is at the liverpool albert dock. he sent this update earlier this morning. the race begins at 1230, the first leg of a 35 day voyage all the way across the atlantic to uruguay. about 40% of the people on the crews have never done any ocean sailing before. of course, they have been trained. with me is the founder of the clipper race, sir robert knox— johnson. sir robin, why do people put themselves through this?” johnson. sir robin, why do people put themselves through this? i think there is a sense of adventure in people and they want to do something a bit different, that special with their lives. they want to do something they can turn round and say, i have done that and i'm proud. you are the first man to sail solo nonstop around the world. when you see them going out, do you have a hankering to think, i want to do it ain? hankering to think, i want to do it again? yes, but of course i did it on my own. y

in a few minutes' time, the clipper round the world yacht race will set off from albert dock in liverpoolautical mile race, featuring 700 participants over eight stages. 0ur correspondent andy gill is at the albert dock in liverpool for us now. andy, not long now! not long at all. you can see the yachts lining up on the start shortly. the first leg takes them from liverpool all the way across the atlantic to uruguay, a journey ofa the atlantic to uruguay, a journey of a month or possibly more. many of the crew have no experience of oceangoing yachting. the race director here is mark like. you have just given the ten minute warning, what does that mean the crews will be doing on—board? what does that mean the crews will be doing on-board? they are doing final checks now, very close to the race start. they are checking the lines are rigged ready and setting position. they are raring to go. yourjob is race director. what does that mean? i manage all be on the water operations all around the world. i manage the skippers and the boats and i'm lucky enough to follow the fleet around the world o

they will have helped the love from their family and friends here at albert dock wishing them good luckheir friends and the irish sea. they will be beginning to dawn that it is real now. the next piece of land may see will be south america. they may pass a couple of islands going around the tip of france, but they want generally see any land from now until that is real now. the next piece of land may see will be south america. they may pass a couple of islands going around the tip of france, but they want generally see any land from now until that massive, massive crossing to sell at america. i imagine they will be fearful, they will make sure they haven't forgotten anything, but they haven't forgotten anything, but they will also now be getting into they will also now be getting into the routine. the watchers will be set, the aberdare on deck and their standing time will be set and people will be getting familiar with each other and making sure they have the right kit ready. they need all that stuff to hand, not hidden in the book somewhere. what is it like when you have been on the wr

he's at the albert dock in liverpool.0,000 nautical mile race around the world, and the crew are mainly those formed of amateurs, believe it or not. behind me we have a bit of calm for your friday morning. a yoga session taking place. 0ne for your friday morning. a yoga session taking place. one of the crew members is a yoga instructor and is doing a little bit of a session for the rest of the cruise, just to give some muggy to unicef and to prepare them for what will be quite an arduous trip around the world. certainly braver souls than i am. they have some tough challenges ahead of them. but the challenge today weatherwise is going to be a case of dodging the showers. not just here but uk wide. looking at the forecast, sunshine and showers really sums it up. not really what you want to see in august, there will be more showers around in recent days and the cool and blustery wind as well. heavy downpours across the west and south of scotland. they will push towards the north—east and in the north—east they will remain al

we are at albert dock this morning.ng before. this is one of them. you are doing the whole circumnavigation around the world. that is correct. you have a remarkable story about what you went through as a child. part of your brain was sticking through your skull into your spinal column. tell us skull into your spinal column. tell us about that. it is the cerebellar tonsil, part of the back of the brain. it herniated into the spine. the result of that is that it caused bobbling of the spinal fluid, causing the bones to be pushed out of shape. it meant you had to spend yea rs of shape. it meant you had to spend years in plaster after an operation. after age 6—7, it was seven years in plaster from hips to shoulders 22 hours a day. and i had the muscles. after seven yea rs hours a day. and i had the muscles. after seven years in plaster, you can understand why you want to do something like this. why did you sign to go all around the world in one of these? the adventure, the history of it. it is something i have always wanted

the clipper round the world yacht race has set off from albert dock in liverpool. 12 teams will spendht stages. the first leg of the race is a 35 day voyage across the atlantic to uruguay. our correspondent andy gill was at the docks as the teams prepared to set off and said not all of the crews were experienced sailors. about 40% of the people on the crews have never done any ocean sailing before. of course, they have been trained. with me is the founder of the race. why do people put themselves through this? i think there is a sense of adventure in people. they want to do something a bit different, a bit special with their lives. they want to do something and say, i've done that, and be proud. you were the first man to sail solo, non—stop around the world. when you see them go out, do you have a hankering to think, i want to do that again? yes, but of course, i did it on my own. they have all this crew here, it's slightly different! i see them and think, yes, i would quite like to be going. when they go through the training, do you ever find that people who put themselves forward, d

our reporter andy gill is at albert dock for us this morning. it's getting busy down there? start of the first leg, all the way across the first leg, all the way across the atlantic to uruguay. you've never done anything like this before? know i haven't, never done anything like this before? knowl haven't, it is all new. why are you doing it? it is a new. why are you doing it? it is a new adventure, something different. it is different to normal, it is a really exciting experience. the people are great, bring it on. and your marketing manager, do you bring those skills to the boat? we will be doing communications back to the clipper race and to our friends and family. ican clipper race and to our friends and family. i can bring in some skills. 0k, what does that involve? family. i can bring in some skills. ok, what does that involve?|j family. i can bring in some skills. ok, what does that involve? i also have to provide all the food, we are stored for leg one and i really hope we don't run out. do you have to do the cooking as well? no, we take it in turns. everybody gets a

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