World largest Clipper Race Third-placed Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam completes the podium for Race 13

After over 3,000nm of racing, the winner of Race 13: Oban Atlantic Homecoming has been crowned, with Perseverance sailing proudly over the Finish Line at 21:27:21 UTC. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam team finished Race 13 at 00:38: 28 UTC on 13 July, completing the 3,000nm race in 15 days 10 hours 38 minutes and 28 seconds.

The 2023-24 race began in late summer 2023. The route is divided into eight legs and 16 individual races including six ocean crossings. 

The Ha Long Bay, Vietnam crew gathers about 60 members of different nationalities from 27 to 73 years old. They have taken turns to compete in different legs.

The Clipper Race was first organised in 1996 in the UK. Since then, almost 6,000 race crew from all walks of life and more than 60 nations have trained and raced in the race. The Clipper Race is the only competition in the world where the organisers supply a fleet of identical racing yachts, each with a fully qualified skipper and first mate to safely guide the crew. Crews complete four levels of intense ocean racer training before they compete.

It is considered one of the biggest challenges of the natural world and an endurance test like no other.