Aussie Team's assault on British Three Peaks Race

5:31 AM Tue 8 Jun 2010 GMT

'John Hyslop, non-sailing owner of the yacht Whistler, with members of Team Whistler, left to right, DavId Rees, Michael McIntyre, Jacqui Guy, Jory Linscott and Tim Jones at a farewell function at the RYCT' Peter Campbell &copy

Team Whistler, the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania crew that sailed Whistler to victory in this year's Tasmanian Three Peaks Race, is due in Cowes, England, tomorrow to begin their challenge for the British Three Peaks Race. The team's sailing members, comprising skipper David Rees and sailors Tim Jones and Jory Linscott and runner Jacqui Guy will collect the chartered yacht Reflex Lightning and sail it down the south coast of England to Barmouth in Wales from where the British Three Peaks starts on starting on Saturday week, 19 June. Also in the delivery crew will be David Rees' 14-year-old ...

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