Sailor Anne

Our very own intrepid sailor, Anne Williams has been valiantly engaged in an absorbing yacht race as a crew member on westernaustralia2011.com one of the 10 same class boats in the recent Clipper 07 - 08 Round The World yacht race.
Anne spent some time training in the UK late last year and joined the Perth / Singapore/China leg departing Fremantle on New Years Day, togehter with 17 other crew members on their 68 foot yacht, heading for the island of Batam, just off Singapore. Over the following 2 weeks a tremendous battle developed, as all boats worked around the clock trying to extract maximum speed out of constantly changing conditions. After a weeks stopover in Singapore the fleet set sail north for China. The 3 week passage to Qingdao brought tougher conditions as they sailed into constant headwinds in difficult seas and lower and lower temperatures!.
Crews arrived to a magnificent fanfare in Qingdao – red carpet, fireworks, a media frenzy and televised banquet ceremonies.
Congratulations Anne on successfully competing in such a fantastic event. I'm sure you will be an inspiration to our other budding yachties at Essence!!!

For more info on this exciting event go to www.clipperroundtheworld.com