Race Teams for 2008
Updated 26th March 2008
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Team 1: Shearwater
Pure Sprouts
Design: Chamberlin 9 catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Phillip Marshall (14), Devonport Tas; Charlie Nolan
(3) sailor, Mt Nelson Tas; Steve Walker (7) sailor,
Wynyard Tas; Mark Guy (11) runner, Hobart Tas; Paul McKenzie
(8) runner, Launceston Tas.
Runner-up in 2002 and 2004 and winner in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
This team has trained well over the off-season to remain competitive in the face
of some serious challengers this year. Nevertheless, the team's
experience places them with an advantage that new teams cannot
match.
Supporters include:
Shearwater Pure Sprouts. |
Passing Low Head Lighthouse in 2004.
Photo: Paul Scambler |
Team 2: Pisces
Design: Sydney 36
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: David Taylor (3), sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Graeme McKibben
(3) sailor, Blackmans Bay Tas; Jim Nixon (2)
sailor, Manly NSW; Aaron McKibben (1) sailor, Blackmans Bay Tas;
Doug Stet (0) sailor; Adrian Herrington (0) sailor; Philip
Whitten (0) runner;
Joanna Sinclair
(0) runner.
David Taylor has had a successful season with Pisces beuing
the first Tasmanian yacht to finish in the 2007 Sydney to Hobart
Race and performing well in local pennant and twilight races
on the Derwent River. He also won the coverted 2008 King of
the Derwent Race.
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Pisces
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Team 3:
Wildfire
Design: 9.57m LOA
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Malcolm Robinson (0), sailor, Bellerive Tas; Marcus Allan
(0) sailor, Hobart Tas; Jon Ettershank (0) sailor; Julie Hunt
(0) sailor;
Carl Barker
(0) runner, Tas; Gavin Spinks (0) runner, Tas.
A regular club racer on the Derwent River, this team is competing
for the first time in the Three Peaks. Being one of the smaller
yachts competing it is unlikely to take line honours in its
division but could do well in the handicap placings. |
Wildfire
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Team 4:
Haphazard
Design: Radford 14
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Nick Edmunds (19) sailor, Sidmouth Tas; Ross Edmunds
(11) sailor, Sidmouth Tas; Sam Edmunds (11) sailor, Sidmouth
Tas; David Wright (19) runner, Bridgenorth Tas; Andrew Jones
(3) sailor, Ulverstone Tas; Scott Ingles (4) sailor/runner,
Clarence Point Tas; John Claridge (4) runner, Launceston Tas;
Rick Ferguson (3) runner, Ulverstone Tas.
Amazingly Nick and David Wright have competed in all 19 races
to date and are still as enthusiastic as ever. It would be
great to see Haphazard score another win especially for the
all important 20th race. The team has enormous experience,
a well prepared and powerful yacht so they do have a better
than even chance for a good placing if not a win.
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Haphazard at Coles Bay
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Team 5: Chance
Team withdrawn
Design: 14.3 m sloop [Lidgard 47]
Division: 2 - Cruising
Crew: Robert Grant (1) sailor, Clarence Point Tas; Kevin Lloyd
(1) sailor, Beaconsfield Tas; David Shepherd (1) sailor, Beauty
Point Tas; Jack Wells (0) sailor, Beauty Point Tas.
Competed for the first time last year and gained full honours
in the Cruising Division. This large comfortable yacht will
give the team a comfortable and quick ride and now with the
experience from last year should know the tricks to get a good
result.
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Team 6: Serrano
Design: 10.0 m LOA (Seawind 1000)
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Charles Meredith (0), sailor, Port Melbourne Vic; Rick
Sutton (0) sailor, Malvern East Vic; Grant Houniet (0) runner,
Mt Buller Vic; James Yarra (0) sailor, Heathmont Vic; David
Osmond (0) runner, Canberra ACT.
This is the first time in the race for this team and while
the catamaran may not be as fast as some of its competition,
the crew hopes to provide a comfortable platform for the runners
who are planning for good results on the mountains.
Grant Houniet
scored a second place in the Hong Kong Four Peaks Race in
2007 and is Australia's most awarded snowshoe runner with top
10 finishes in the United States. David Osmond is a former
Australian mountain running champion also representing Australia
eight times at the World Mountain Running Championships. David
is a winner of the Centrepoint Tower and Rialto Tower Run-ups
in Sydney and has scored two second places in the Empire
State Building Run-up.
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Serrano in Bass Strait north coast of Tasmania.
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Team 7: Stornoway
Design: Jarkan 46
Division: 2 - Cruising
Crew: Richard Gardner (0) sailor, Tunbridge Tas; Scott Newton
(3) sailor/runner, Sandy Bay Tas; Michael Hirst (1) runner,
Newnham Tas; James Walch (0) runner, Campbell Town Tas; Julian
von Bibra (0) runner, Ross Tas.
A first time for this event for skipper Richard Gardner and
the yacht although Scott Newton and Michael Hirst have competed
before. Scott first competed in the inaugural race in 1989
and with Michael has competed in the UK Three Peaks Race.
This team will want strong winds while at sea for best performance.
It should be a comfortable trip on a well travelled yacht.
Charity fundraising:
Kidney Health Australia
Supporters include:
Stornoway
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Team 8:
PRD Nationwide West Tamar
Design: 10.25 m sloop
Division: 2 - Cruising
Crew: Greg Hall (4) sailor, Legana Tas; Adrian Jones (2) sailor,
Beauty Point Tas; Callum Cecil (1) sailor, Beauty Point Tas;
Lloyd Febey (17) runner, Burnie Tas; Dane Febey (2) runner,
Cooee Tas.
A team that is bound to give its competition a surprise somewhere
during the race. They have previously won the Cruising Division
and with Lloyd Febey's running experience the tracks over the
mountains will not cause problems.
Supporters include:
PRD Nationwide West Tamar. |
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Team 9: Westbury/Mersey
Pharmacy
Design: 11.4 m Chamberlin catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Terry Travers (8) sailor, East Devonport Tas; Robin Chamberlin
(10) sailor, Kelso Tas; Peter Fletcher (9) sailor, Hobart Tas;
Michael Wheatley (2) runner, Vic; Andrew Kromar (7) runner,
Mt Beauty Vic.
Supporters include:
Westbury/Mersey Pharmacy. |
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Team
10: ASC Engineers
Design: Farr 37
Division: Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Andrew Sutherland (0) sailor, Blackmans Bay Tas; Richard
Bevan (0) sailor, Montague Bay Tas;
Derek Cragg (0) sailor, Hobart Tas; Graeme Bleach (0) sailor,
New Town Tas; Paul Boutchard (0) sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Peter
Bingham (0) sailor, Dynnyrne Tas; Scott Macdonald (0) runner,
West Hobart; Peter Barrett (0) runner, Oakdowns Tas.
An experienced sailing crew competing in this race for the
first time. If sailing conditions are fresh headwinds then
this Farr 37 will perfom well to its handicap but light or
running conditions will create difficulties in keeping up with
lighter yachts. No form is known for the runners.
Charity fundraising:
National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Supporters include:
ASC Engineers |
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Team
11: Plan Four
Design: Simpson 11.6 m catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Peter Newman (4) sailor, Devonport Tas; Jamie Cooper
(6) sailor, Lilydale Tas; Robert McLelland (2) sailor, Lilydale
Tas; Aubrey Hendricks (3) runner, Launceston Tas; Allan Hood
(3) runner, West Hobart Tas.
A large cruising catamaran with a surprising turn of speed.
This yacht is sailed well and has shown that it can pressure
other competitors. Given a modicum of luck with winds, tides
and currents around the course they could easily score a podium
finish.
Supporters include:
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Plan Four
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Team
12: Aphrodite Design: Beneteau 373
Division: 2 - Cruising
Crew: Gerard Sormann (0) sailor, Melbourne; Richard Barton
(0) sailor, Melbourne; Gordon Wilson (0) sailor, Alon Peled
(0) sailor/runner, Israel; Ron Shilon (0) runner, Israel
A first time team in Australia however the Israeli runners
are experienced to the extent that they have raced in the
British Three Peaks Race and the Scottish Islands Peaks Race.
They are regular marathon runners in Israel and have sailed
in regattas throughout Europe.
This team is competing for the Tilman Trophy and is raising
money for the Quadriplegic Hand Foundation. They are all looking
forward to the challenge.
Charity fundraising:
Quadraplegic Hand Foundation
Supporters include:
MAIB
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Team
13: Corelink Creative Intension
Design:
Andy Dovell 36
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: David Rees (1) sailor, Hobart; Jonathon Rees (1) sailor,
Hobart Tas; Lisa Shulander (1) sailor, Hobart Tas; Tim Jones
(1)
sailor, Tas; Debra Rees
(1) sailor, Hobart Tas; Jacqui Guy (8) runner, Hobart Tas;
Michael McIntyre (0) runner, Hobart Tas; Jory Linscott (0) sailor, Hobart
Tas.
Supporters include:
Corelink, Creative Intension |
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Team
14: Jailhouse Grill
Design: Mark Pescott 11.4m multihull
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Don Kidd (2) sailor, Ulverstone Tas; Nicholas Richardson
(1) sailor, Burnie Tas; Gwyn Alway (5) sailor, West Launceston
Tas; Tim Piper (2) runner, Invermay Tas; Mark Padgett (2) runner,
Launceston Tas.
A fast yacht with accomplished runners will make this team
very competitive against other teams in the Main Division.
The crew will be looking to make the best with the yacht's
first major race having done well in local races.
Supporters include:
Jailhouse Grill, Drizabone Activ, GU Sports, Bike Central
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Team
15: Team MicroHeat Bosch Design: Dufour 40
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Robert Tanner (1) sailor, Docklands Vic; Robert van Aken
(1) sailor,
Prahan Vic; Adam Manders (1) sailor, Highett Vic; Karl Strode-Penny
(1) runner, Hataitai NZ;
Ian Bowie
(0) runner, NZ.
This team last raced in 2005 in a different yacht so are keen
to see how they can better their performance with this new
yacht. The international composition of the team will enhance
the interest the race already receives from across the Tasman.
Supporters include:
MicroHeat Bosch,
VCAMM and Boat Books Australia. |
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Team 16: Elphinstone
Weigh To Go
Design: Farr 11.6
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: John Hall (2) sailor, Triabunna Tas; Graeme Elphinstone
(5) sailor, Triabunna Tas; Phillip Emmerton (0) sailor, Triabunna
Tas; Dean Radford (0) runner, Tas; David Sweetman (6) runner,
Penguin Tas.
After a break of a number of years it is good to see this team
back in the competition. The yacht is a fast cruiser/racer
that will perform well in reaching and running conditions
and provide a comfortable ride for the crew.
Supporters include:
Elphinstone Weighing Systems
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Team 17:
Team Windsong
Design: Roberts 345 pilot
Division: 2 - Cruising
Crew: Sam Ibbott (0) sailor, Bonnet Hill Tas; Matthew Page
(0) runner, Taroona Tas; Warren Young (0) sailor, Mount Nelson
Tas; Phil Brew (0) runner, West Hobart Tas; Milford McArthur
(0) runner, Battery Point Tas.
This team is not necessarily looking for a top result but are
very keen to be participating in the event. One of the younger
crews they are bound to have a good time while trying to keep
pressure on the competition.
Supporters include:
Drizabone Activ, Leisure
Inns, Knight Frank, Wise Lord & Ferguson,
Tony Ibbott & Associates, TasBulk and Marine Solutions.
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Team 18: Team 2XS
Design: Peter Kerr 50 ft Catamaran
Division: 2 - Cruising
Crew: Tim Glazebrook
(0) sailor, Hobart Tas; Graham Oakford (0) sailor, Hobart Tas;
Geoff Tuck (0) sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Ian Langford (0) runner,
Glebe NSW; Michael Ward (0) sailor, New Town Tas; Andrew Williams
(0) runner, Taroona Tas.
This large cruising catamaran will provide a comfortable but
not necessarily a fast ride to Hobart.
Supporters include:
BSH Electrical, Peter Dawson Accounting, National Institute
of Accountants |
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Team 19: BWR Multihulls
Design: 14m catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Bruce Arms (0) sailor, Pacific Paradise Qld; Suzanne
Arms (0) sailor, Pacific Paradise Qld; Kevin Green (0) sailor,
Summer Hill NSW; Michael Murrell (1) runner, Boronia Vic; John
Kent (0) runner, Bright Vic.
Winner of the 2007 Solo Trans Tasman Race from New Plymouth
to Mooloolaba Qld. This team is keen to do well in its first
try at the Three Peaks Race. Runner Michael Murrell is also
looking forward to actually running this year as the yacht
he was aboard last year suffered mechanical problems and was
unable to start.
Supporters include:
BWR Multihulls |
Big Wave Rider
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Team 20: Bartercard
Design: Beneteau First 40.7
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Richard Fisher (0) sailor, Trevallyn Tas; Stuart McDonnell
(0) sailor, Launceston Tas; Rob Moreton (1) sailor, Summerhill
Tas; Andrew Joyce (0) sailor, Southbank Vic; Mike Spotswood
(0) sailor, Norwood Tas; Jason Walker (0) sailor, Grindlewald
Tas; David Stephenson (0) sailor, Deviot Tas; Jim Findlay (0)
runner, Launceston Tas; Anthony McKenzie (0) runner, Launceston
Tas.
Richard Fisher is the Commodore of the Tamar Yacht Club and
is looking forward to his teams first try at the race. Fresh
from winning the Rudder Cup series and from competing in the
Geelong Week Regatta the crew will know how to get the best
from this yacht.
The crew includes multiple National champion skiff sailors
and a two time Hawaiian Iron Man entrant. The race is something
all crew have wanted to do and now look forward to challenging
some of the larger yachts. The Beneteau should provide a comfortable
and quick trip to Hobart.
Supporters include:
Bartercard |
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Team 21: Modern Living
Carpet Court
Design: Murray Burns & Dovell 12
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Robert Gourlay (4) sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Adam Gourlay
(1) (Skipper) sailor, Riverside Tas; Tristan Gourlay (4) sailor,
Riverside Tas; Nathan Fellows (0) runner, Prospect Tas; Steven
Jaffray (0) runner, Newstead Tas.
Two brothers and a cousin have again teamed up to race in the
well known yacht Spirit Silver Edition that Adam and Tristan's
father Ken circumnavigated the world in 2007 to become the
fastest and oldest Australian to do so. This young but experienced
team will provide tough competition challenging faster yachts
for a top result.
Supporters include:
Modern Living Carpet Court, Keen Footwear |
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Team 22:
Launceston Apartments.com.au
Design: Lyons 47
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: John Joyce (5) sailor, Norwood Tas; John Poynter (3)
sailor, Trevallyn Tas; Bill Rostron (6) sailor, Launceston
Tas; Alan McElwee (1) sailor, Trevallyn Tas; Alan King (0)
sailor, Westbury Tas; Zac McArthur (0) runner, Trevallyn Tas;
Marcus Cramp (0) runner, Trevallyn Tas.
Returning to the race after a break of a few years this team
has a bigger and faster yacht that should perform well in this
division. While the race is a first for the runners they have
extensive mountain running experience.
Supporters include:
Launceston Apartments. |
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Team 23:
Brierley Hose
Design: Crowther 14.63m catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: John Brierley (0) sailor, Tranmere Tas; Jeff Graham (5)
sailor, Tas; Alistair Mearns (3) sailor, Tas; Les Savage (13)
runner, Burnie Tas; Ben Savage (2) runner, Burnie Tas.
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yacht first competed in the race in 1989 and 1990 skippered
then jointly by
John Haynes and by the designer, the late Lock Crowther.
New to its Tasmanian ownership it has the potential of winning
the race in a comfortable manner even if the conditions are
hard.
Owner John Brierley has had considerable experience with
an earlier Crowther cat, a Shockwave 37 so he will very
much enjoy the step-up to this larger, faster and more comfortable
vessel.
Supporters include:
Brierley Hose |
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Team 24: Adelie
Design: Beale 11.8
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Ross Clark (4) sailor, Exeter Tas; Nicholas Clark (2)
sailor, Exeter Tas; Michael Smith (2) sailor, Launceston Tas;
Iain Law (4) runner, Exeter Tas; Simon Law (0) runner, Toorak
Vic.
Built by the owner in 2002/2003 this strong yacht has a surprising
turn of speed. The crew is expected to sail a well performed
race maximising opportunities along the way through careful
consideration of the conditions without necessarily putting
in a spectacular performance that the multihulls might display
in similar conditions.
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Team 25: Epsilon
Design: Cavalier 395
Division: 1 - Main Racing
Crew: Ann McComb (0) sailor, Hobart Tas; Di Sullivan (0)
sailor, North Haven SA; Adrian Marshall (0) sailor, Para Hills
SA; Michael Lovric (0) runner, NSW; Neil Hawthorne (0) runner,
NSW.
It is some time since the race has had a female skipper. Ann
McComb newly settled in Hobart after competing in the Melbourne
to Hobart Race with this newly acquired yacht. Epsilon is
better known from circumnavigating Australia in 2005 - 2007
raising awareness of Alzheimer's disease.
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Team 26: Nude Wines
Design: Dynamique 62
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Drew Murray (2) sailor, Pacific Paradise Qld, Royce
Salter (4) sailor, Hobart Tas; Julian Salter (0) sailor, Hobart
Tas; Clarence Blake (0) runner, Launceston Tas; Tony Guy (8)
sailor, Launceston Tas; Alan Guy (1) sailor, Launceston Tas;
David Short (0) sailor, Hobart Tas; Toni Martin (0) sailor;
Simon Fraser (0), Relbia Tas; James Ingles (0) Launceston Tas;
Kelvin Marshall (0) runner, Seven Hills Qld
This yacht has the distinction of being to largest to compete
in the race. A big cruising yacht normally used for charter
work in Queensland by owner Drew Murray has a largely Tasmanian
crew many experienced in Three Peaks racing. Displacing some
35 tonnes this yacht will need strong breezes to perfom well
although its long waterline length will give it an advantage
over smaller yachts.
Supporters include:
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Team 27: Underwater
Video Systems - Host Plus
Design: Mumm 36 sloop
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Jeff Cordell (17), Tranmere Tas; Michael Viney (4) sailor,
Snug Tas; David McFarlane (11), Legana Tas; Gavin Cowell (1)
sailor, Hobart Tas; Stephen Catchpool (4) sailor, Battery Point
Tas; Darryn White (4) sailor, Cambridge Tas; Peter Baily (0)
sailor, Taroona Tas; Richard Ecclestone (7) runner, West Hobart
Tas; Darren Pithie (4) runner, Brighton East Vic.
A well performed yacht in regular racing on the Derwent River
and in many previous Three Peaks Races. This experienced crew
will put in a good performance and will stay in touch with
much larger yachts. The crew is fresh from a line honours win
in the recent inaugural Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race.
Supporters include:
Underwater Video Systems, Host Plus Executive |
Underwater Video Systems - Host Plus.
Photo: Ann O'Connor
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Team
28: Apollonius
Design: Robinson
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Julian Robinson (4) sailor, Deviot Tas; Mark Koppleman
(2) sailor, Cremorne Tas; Anthony Johnston (0) sailor; Vince
Anderson (2) sailor, Battery Point Tas; Rick Cooper (1) sailor,
Mt Martha Vic; Jason van Zetten (3) sailor, Launceston Tas;
Sally Atkinson (0) runner, Somerset Tas; Vlastik Skvaril (1)
runner, Burnie Tas.
Owner, skipper, designer and builder Julian Robinson returns
again with a new crew. The yacht has been campaigned
in a number of offshore races in recent years including the
the 2007 Melbourne to Launceston Race and has acquitted itself
very well
winning the overall series in the PHD handicap division. This yacht is a good
performer and should do well in its division. |
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