Australia's Team Whistler could grab British Three Peaks success



8:59 AM Mon 21 Jun 2010 GMT
'Aground in Menai Straits - British Three Peaks Race 2010'
British Three Peaks 2010 - Faster sailing on the final, and longest, leg of the British Three Peaks Race will be the key to a unique victory by the Australia's Three Peaks champions from Hobart Tasmania, Team Whistler. Sailing the chartered UK yacht, the proven 38-footer Lightning Reflex, skipper David Rees and his sailing team of Tim Jones and Jory Linscott, have won the first two sailing legs, from Barmouth to Caernarfon in Wales and then to Whitehaven on the western coast of England. The running team of Jacqui Guy and Michael McIntyre are expected to finish their second leg, ...


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by Peter Campbell




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