Three Peaks Race - Rule change for the teams

12:53 AM Fri 11 Mar 2011 GMT

'Nick Edmunds Haphazard as it departs the Tamar River in the 2010 Australian Three Peaks Race' CYCA Click Here to view large photo

Three Peaks Race - Responding to opinions of past years Three Peaks Race teams, the race committee has amended the rules to allow the Main Racing Division entrants the penalty free option of adding an additional sailor to their team. Since the race commenced in Australia in 1989 modelled on the successful British Three Peaks Race, teams were limited to five competitors - three sailors and two runners. Over the years other race divisions have been introduced. A Cruising Division was designed to allow older and slower yachts to arrive in Hobart in a similar time as the elite Main ...

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