Clipper 98 Baseball cap

The Clipper 96 baseball hat was a real collectors’ item. Its two fore and aft stripes made it one look a bit like a badger but the raised ‘Clipper’ name on the front was strong and distinctive. The hats also had good leather straps at the back. On the side you can see the original Clipper logo which was a stylised boat using the ‘C’ of Clipper as a spinnaker and the ‘L’ as the mast and boom. Because of this the Clipper boats in the logos have always gone from right to left. This is logical for those used to Arabic or Chinese but quite illogical for all of us in the western world. One day I predict it will change and we will sail from left to right.

The rather chirpy, friendly little boat, which might have been suitable for one’s bath, was retired after the 98 race. A new, and stylised logo was designed for the Times Clipper 2000.

For interest you will note from 2000 when subsequent Clipper logos were put on the bows of the yachts, the starboard one was reversed so the boats in the logos all go ahead.