The Challenge of a lifetime: The Clipper 09-10 round the world yacht race

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CV1 - Matt Pike

Matt Pike, 40, is from Ipswich, UK, and will skipper CV1 in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. He learned to sail in the shadow of the famous village of Pin Mill on the River Orwell, the setting for Arthur Ransome’s novel, We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea.

But the same can’t be said of Matt!

“My father got me into sailing dinghies when I was really young. East Anglia has some great inshore sailing and I sailed anything that floated – it didn’t matter what it was. It didn’t even matter if it floated well – we’d go sailing at every opportunity! I did a lot of racing there in my teens and twenties...

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Edinburgh inspired to enter Clipper 09-10

07 July 2009

Edinburgh has been confirmed as an entry in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race
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Waving the flag for China

30 June 2009

Chinese crew selected to represent the sailing city of Qingdao in Clipper 09-10
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Here's one I sailed earlier

22 June 2009

Blue Peter get onboard Clipper 09-10 entries to compete in JP Morgan Round the Island Race
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