RSS FeedClipper fleet disrupted by ash cloud
April 23, 2010
The eighth leg of the 09-10 Clipper race began in San Francisco on Wednesday after a stopover disrupted by the volcanic ash cloud.
All incoming crew members had arrived in California before the flight ban, but one boat has been forced to change skipper.
Chris Stanmore-Major, skipper of Qingdao, flew back to the UK to visit an ill relative, only to have his return flight cancelled, forcing Hannah Jenner to fill his shoes on the leg to Jamaica via the Panama Canal.
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