Strength and support over the next few days and over the continuing journey. Having just lost their second crew member and we send them all our love, “Our hearts go out to Sarah's loved ones as well as Times like these when you realise how far we are away from friends and loved The poem that her partner had chosen and we held a minute’s silence. “We held a small ceremony today in honour of Sarah, read The sailing and keeping ourselves and each other safe.' Squall, as if the ocean was reminding us that we must now focus our minds on “Towards the end of the minute, we were hit by a large We had been sent the beautiful readingsĪnd prayer that were being used on IchorCoalĪnd I read these out to our team before we held a minute’s silence. “Today, at the same time that Sarah Young was buried at Together as only shared stories and experiences can. Privileged to count ourselves in that number, the stopovers bringing us “Our hearts go out to Sarah's team mates, family and The fleet have paid tribute to Sarah and shared with us how they marked her passing Over the last 24-48 hours, the crew and Skippers across The team has grown from strength to strength and we areĬurrently averaging around 10 knots on course for Seattle meaning we will be Incident the team and myself are battling through it after laying Sarah to restĮarlier today. Teammate on Leg 6, Charlie Stannard, a fellow Londoner who turns 21 this week added: “After the tragic loss of one of our crew members during a man overboard Goodbye, but she will always be present in our hearts. On behalf of all those that were fortunate enough to know her. Wish we could have said goodbye properly, we all do. Sheĭied an adventurer's death battling the elements circumnavigating the globe. “Sarah was an adventurer and lived life to the full. The support viaĮmail has been over-whelming and absolutely invaluable. Under-estimate the value of friendship and of team spirit. “Today has been one of the hardest days of my life. Zulu song sung by our Sapinda Rainbow Ambassador, Charlotte. The ceremony was ended with a beautiful traditional We could muster, read a few of Sarah's favourite prayers and poetry, before “The crew stood on deck with all the courage and dignity Wrestling crew to protect the biscuit ration. Headsails, or up the mast wrestling wrapped spinnakers, even below decks On deck she was fearless and could often be found at the bow wrestling with “Sarah was a valued crew member and amazing victualler. No need to say anything, probably we both needed it.

Every now and again she would come and sit next to me, give me a hug,Īnd go again. Sarah and I would chat for hours in the navigation station about thisĪnd that. Sarah was a close friend and an enthusiastic and accomplished “Today at 1200 (UTC+12) we carried out the burial at sea Leading the tributes to Sarah is her IchorCoal Skipper Darren Ladd. To pay their respects to their vibrant, adventurous friend, who lived life to Race teams united across the Pacific Ocean with a minute’s silence and ceremonies

While the burial service took place on board IchorCoal earlier today, the Clipper Today we will be holding a minute's silence in remembrance of Sarah at midday BST (1100 UTC). Sarah Young being laid to rest in the ‘deep blue’ she chose to sail across,Įxplore and make her home this year, the Skippers and crew have been paying As the Clipper Race says good bye to one of our family, with

Remembrance sunday silence