Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race - Leg 6

The Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race starts in Liverpool (UK) on 16 September 2007. The sixth edition of the race will visit La Rochelle, Salvador, Durban, Fremantle, Singapore, Qingdao, Hawaii, the west coast of the USA, the Caribbean, New York and a final European stopover before returning to Liverpool in July 2008. At 35,000 miles, Clipper 07-08 will test ten teams of non-professional sailors to the limit as they race around the globe. Each of the ten Clipper yachts is backed by a different international city and the line-up in Clipper 07-08 includes Glasgow, Singapore, Durban, Liverpool, New York, Hull & Humber, Qingdao and Western Australia.

Leg 6 Santa Cruz to Jamaica. Santa Cruz > Panama City; Colon, Panama > Port Antonio, Jamaica
The fleet stays in the Pacific Ocean, following the western Central American coast to Panama.
The impressive transit of the canal, takes the yachts back into the Atlantic and a short, fast race to Jamaica.