The Race and the Team

The Three Peaks Yacht Race involves sailing 389 nautical miles, running 59 miles and cycling 30 miles in a week – sailing from Barmouth on Saturday 19th June, via Caernafon to climb Snowdon; Whitehaven to climb Scafell Pike and finally to Fort William to climb Ben Nevis.

Helsby Running Club members Phil Gillard, Jackie Keasley and boat owner and captain Trevor Murphy will do all the running and cycling and also act as deck hands. Businessmen John Bailey and Richard Stone will sail the team’s yacht, Josephine –a Beneteau Oceanis 40 and one of the largest of the 23 boats in the race – through some of the trickiest waters of the Welsh, English and Scottish west coasts, navigating sandbanks, tidal streams, rocks and whirlpools.

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Thursday 24 June 2010

A text from Jackie

Thu 24th June – 21:15

All getting a bit cabin feverish as we move very slowly up loch Linnhe against the current which will change in our favour at midnight. Bill, Helen, Josie and Christine having dinner at Corran Straits hotel – breakfast would have been a better bet for seeing us sail past! Phil and me watching football, drinking hot chocolate made by “Trevor the specs”, wondering when we will be racing up the Ben. Views special and plenty of time to enjoy!


This is the position about 30 minutes later.

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