In Simon's latest blog he describes the highlights from the first Clipper Race stopover in Punte Del Este and the much needed push to pull the Visit Seattle crew together as they embark on Leg 2 heading towards Cape Town...

Hey guys,

I'm back! WE ARE BACK!

In Simon's latest blog and the final one of his first Leg of the Clipper Race he tells us of the lessons learnt and how he and his crew will bounce back by their disappointing race result.

The final week of racing had much more to do with the well known marriage vow: "for better or worst."

In Simon's latest blog, he updates us on Race progress, crossing the Equator and the challenges of living in confined spaces with fellow crew members...

WE ARE BACK! TEAM VISIT SEATTLE IS BACK AT THE FRONT!

What a week that was. Holy Moly! Managed to find the doldrums before the actual zone and parked for many hours in the heat with nowhere to go and no wind... grrr ... definitely not the moments I enjoy the most. It's pretty frustrating. This no wind zone has also compressed the fleet so the race is closer than ever.

It's been a tough week onboard Visit Seattle as we lost our Code 2 (lightweight spinnaker) early in the week in addition to needing many repairs to our Code 3 (medium weight spinnaker).  All of this has affected our ranking and our moral obviously. Like Marlow Ropes though, it will take a lot for us to give up and we've been fighting ever since to climb our way back to the top of the fleet from 10th back to 3rd which we reached Sunday morning.

So it's ON! Race has begun. After slipping the Marlow lines in Liverpool 7 days ago, we made our way up the fleet, tack after tack, up the river and have since been trying to keep up with the fast pace establish by veteran ocean racers. The weather has been up and down with a lot of light wind periods and Marlow’s ropes have provided to be resistant but also more lightweight than prior editions which has helped a lot.

For the first time in its' 16 year partnership as official supplier to the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Marlow Ropes is delighted to announce its first brand ambassador Simon Du Bois from Montreal, Canada.

Simon will be sailing all of the 8 legs of the Round the World Yacht Race as Bosun on board 'Visit Seattle' circumnavigating the full 40,000 nautical miles along with the Marlow ropes. Part of Simon's duties will include ropecare and ensuring their maintenance on board.

To celebrate our 16 year long relationship with Clipper Round The World Yacht Race, Marlow Ropes has created a short film on the lengths it goes to to produce the market-leading high performance Clipper Race ropes.

The Race of a Lifetime is about to begin and to celebrate Marlow Ropes 16 year long relationship as Official Supplier to the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, we are giving away some Clipper Race goodies in the lead up to the Race Start on 20th August.

It is likely anyone who has ever used ropes has learned to tie knots - to create eyes, connect rope to objects or even just for decoration. There’s a knot for every application and for many applications there is no better solution than a knot. Nonetheless it is important to be aware of the limitations of knots.

Marlow Ropes and Clipper Round the World Race share a long-standing historical relationship and this will be the 16th year that the two heritage brands in British sailing will join forces.  As official supplier, the Clipper 70 has been rigged mostly with D2 Racing, D2 Grand Prix 78 along with Marlowbraid, Dockline,