Around the World with Clare Francis
Part 1: To Capetown Leaving Bern-bridge Ledge Buoy to Starboard
In some of the most dramatic real-life sailing ever seen on television
CLARE FRANCIS and her crew of 11 sail in a race around the world, against the clock, with 14 rarely seen competitors in this special two-part programme.
The event was the 1977/78 Whitbread Round-the-World Yacht Race-27,000 miles and seven months through some of the most notorious stretches of ocean in the world, filmed by Skipper Clare herself and members of her crew.
Written by FRANK PAGE and CLARE FRANCIS Filmed by FRED DOVASTON , JACQUES REDON Film editor PADDY WILSON Producer BOB SAUNDERS
Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS and MICHAEL ANDREWS