The founder of Clipper Round the World, Knight Robin, expected that there would be a Qingdao sailboat in the future with both its captain and all sailors from China..

There was a total of more than 40 sailors from nine countries representing Qingdao to participate in the 2009-2010 race, and in 2011-2012, it won’t be difficult to find 40 Chinese sailors. But the biggest challenge will be to select a captain accepted by Clipper Venture Capital. Guochuan, a crew member of the Green Dragon in the Volve Round-the-World Yatch Race, and Du Fei, a female with a professional yacht captain certificate, both from Qingdao, are possibilities.

By Liu Aizhang & Xu Xinlei