Yesterday was the official start of the Clipper Race. It was an amazing day down at St Katherine’s Dock.

You can watch the official footage from the day here – Team Qingdao (CV 22) are on at the following times:

21:00 minutes is Qingdao team introduction and interviews

44:00 Qingdao entering the lock

1:00:00 1st lock coming out, but switches back to stage before Qingdao comes out

3:18:00 is the bridge opening

3:20:20 are the 4 yachts including Qingdao going under Tower Bridge

3:48 4 yachts coming back through the bridge

You can follow my team (Qingdao – CV22) on facebook on the official team page or on the friends and family page, on clipper’s twitter feed or hashtag or on the live race tracker where you can see the position of the boats and who is winning – Team Qingdao are the yellow boat.