A five-part series following the non-professional crew of the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race as they take on the life-changing experience of sailing around the world.
700+ amateur sailors. One race around the world. The point of no going back is the moment they cast off the dock.
The Clipper Round The World Yacht Race is the only ocean race built around non-professional crew. Each edition, hundreds of people leave careers, homes, and families behind to sail the planet on identical 70-foot ocean racing yachts.
This five-part series follows the 2023 to 24 fleet through the eleven-month circumnavigation. From the start in Portsmouth to the finish, through the Atlantic, Southern Ocean, Asia-Pacific, and back. We weren't there for the racing line. We were there for what it costs the people doing it.
Onboard reporters captured the race from the frontlines. Our land-based team followed the story through every stopover, on every continent. Eighteen months in the making.
A circumnavigation of the planet on identical 70-foot ocean racing yachts. The only round-the-world ocean race built around amateur crew.
700+ non-professional sailors took part in the 2023 to 24 edition. Teachers, nurses, pilots, parents. People who had never sailed offshore before stepping onto the boat that would carry them around the world.
Onboard reporters embedded on the boats for legs and full circumnavigations. Capturing the story from inside the cabin, on deck, and at the wheel. Tiger Brisius, Flore Hartout, Meredith Rodgers and Jimmy Horel covered the Asia-Pacific legs.
Five parts. Eighteen months of production. Streaming on Prime Video. Working with the race again for the 2025 to 26 edition, starting now.
No Going Back is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Press and broadcast enquiries via the contact page.
Clipper Ventures
Clipper Round The World Yacht Race
16 Degrees South
Content Factory
Amazon Prime Video
Clipper 2023 to 24
Round The World
Matt Bow
Brian Carlin
Marc Bow
Tiger Brisius
Flore Hartout
Meredith Rodgers
Jimmy Horel
Sebastian Pinkham
Lauren Darby Zike
Calvin Fisher
Working with the race again for the 2025 to 26 edition.