an ocean racing chronicle · Clipper Round the World

Chapter Three

The crew and the boat

Crew allocation day — the strangers who became a watch system, and the yacht that carried them.

The shore story · dates to come

Hero photo for crew-and-boat

Three of the watch, easy in the sun.

One evocative line to open the day.

Setting out

Where this part began

Opening paragraph, written once the day's story lands. The scene on shore — written once Don's photographs and voice notes land.

The team in UNICEF colours
Team UNICEF — the colours for the year.
The story

What happened

The main movement of the day: the moments that made this part of the journey what it was.

On the dock before departure
Dockside, before the off.
Crew in team colours
In team colours.
Diagram of a Clipper Seventy
Anatomy of a Clipper Seventy.
On the bow, for every child banner
On the bow — for every child.
The team gathered on deck
The team on deck.
Between times — interlude

A lighter human aside from the day. The small human moment that stuck — written from Don's notes.

In their words

What they said

The best of the crew's messages and Don's notes, tidied only enough to read.

“A line from the crew goes here.”
Guest name
Looking back

What it left behind

Closing prose. What this stage meant, seen from the far side of the finish line.

The full team together
The full team, all together.

A short italic envoi, the feeling to leave on.