SEPT. 1 (Reuters) —  Crews competing in the Clipper round-the-world race set off on their 40,000 nautical mile, 11 month journey in heavy rain off South-end near London on Monday (August 31). Spectators sheltering under umbrellas watched from the town’s famous pier as the starting cannon began the first stage of the race, a 5,186 nautical mile trip across the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for the 12 competing yachts. LMAX Exchange, skippered […]