Navigating the nerve centre of a Clipper 70
Clipper Race - Skipper Guy Waites, on board Dare To Lead © Clipper Race If you care to venture down below deck on a state-of-the-art Clipper 70 racing yacht, follow the narrow corridor aft to either port or starboard. You will come to a small, compact area, almost at the stern, measuring approximately three metres across by two metres deep. Take a seat and you will be right in the central nervous system of the yacht - the navigation area or simply the "nav station". To the untrained eye, it looks sparse and matter of fact, but to the crew on board this is where the magic happens....