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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Saturday 19 June 2010

Tracking - before the start

Sat 19th June 15:00

Use the tracking at the Three Peaks Yacht Race website http://live.adventuretracking.com/tpyr2010. This was the situation at 15:00 - looks like they are moving out to prepare for the start. The Silver Surfers are No 16 in this image (right at the left-hand edge).

and this is a picture from the boat, looking back at the rest of the fleet, at the same time.




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