| "One and a half races to go, and we're trying for one more new skipper!" | | Jersey Clipper's Peter Le Coyte |
All ten of the Clipper fleet have finished Race 11 and are now safely moored in St. Helier Harbour, after racing several thousand miles across the Atlantic, from New York. New York were the first to cross the finish line, which can be found over a hundred miles off the coast of Jersey, making it their first win of the event so far.
 | | Western Australia have taken overall lead |
Western Australia were not too far behind and this latest second place now leaves them as the overall leader with just two sprints lefts to race. Victoria was hot on the Australian boat’s tail, finishing just half an hour behind them, followed by Qingdao in fourth; the final in the lead pack of Clippers. Jonathan Bailey, skipper of the New York Clipper said his crew was "absolutely ecstatic at the moment; it hasn't really sunk in." "It's been basically a very close leg from the start...we've been within a couple of miles of other boats all the way through the race," and whilst this may have made for an exciting race it left everyone "very nervous on board", he explained.
 | | Jersey's crew on deck for the homecoming |
Jersey crossed the finish line on Friday at lunchtime in fifth position, which equals their best result since they left Liverpool last September, and finishing ahead of Glasgow has lifted the island boat from the bottom of the overall leader board. Early on Saturday morning the Jersey Clipper led the remainder of the fleet around Elizabeth breakwater and into St. Helier to join the four boats that arrived earlier the day before at Albert Pier. Glasgow arrived in the afternoon, and Cardiff in the early evening. The only member of the Jersey crew not to fly home during the huge delay at Sibic Bay, Peter Le Coyte, said "When you join the boat, you don't leave it." And referring to the four different skippers that have helmed the Jersey yacht, he joked "One and a half races to go, and we're trying for one more new skipper!" Asked whether it should be him that skippers that last quick sprint from Holyhead to Liverpool, he suggested that the crew be asked. "I suspect they'll say no, and I don't blame them!" All the crews enjoyed an evening of gorilla-watching at Durrell, accompanied by a string quartet and a picnic in what was a perfect Jersey summer evening. Richard Collinson was watching the Jersey Clipper arrive along with Durban, Liverpool and Singapore and said "it was a fantastic sight...we had rowing boats going out to meet them, we had yachts going out to meet them; it was a great flotilla really to welcome Jersey into it's home port." The Jersey Clipper Committee, who have arranged a number of events for the visiting crew members during their stopover in Jersey, are hoping islanders will go down to Albert Pier to see the yachts, and to give them all a rousing send-off on Tuesday. The fleet will be leaving Jersey for Holyhead on Tuesday afternoon. They leave the harbour at 1600, ands the official start is off Noirmont Point at 1810. Stay tuned to BBC Radio Jersey for all the latest news on 88.8FM and 1026MW, including live commentary on the start of the race 12. | 
