Race Teams for 2009
Updated 21 April 2009 |
Team 1: Neil Buckby Motors Subaru
Design: Chamberlin 9 catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull
Crew: Phillip Marshall (14), Devonport Tas; Charlie Nolan (4) sailor, Mt Nelson
Tas; Steve Walker (11) sailor, Wynyard Tas; Mark Guy (12) runner, Hobart Tas; Tim
Piper (3) runner, Invermay Tas.
Aiming for a fifth consecutive Three Peaks win this year. The only change to the
team is the addition of runner Tim Piper, who ran last year for third-placed Jailhouse
Grill, to
replace long time team member Paul McKenzie.
Supporters include:
Neil Buckby Motors Subaru |

Passing Low Head Lighthouse in 2004.
Photo: Paul Scambler |
Team 2:
Pisces
Design: Sydney 36
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: David Taylor (4), sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Graeme McKibben (4) sailor, Blackmans
Bay Tas; Adrian Herrington (1) sailor, Rosny Point Tas; Douglas Steele (1) sailor, Blackmans
Bay Tas; Jim Nixon (3) sailor, Manly NSW; Tony Fattorini (1) runner, Annandale NSW;
Philip Whitten (1) runner, Fairy Meadow NSW; Aaron McKibben (3) sailor, Blackmans
Bay Tas.
Pisces was the best performing Tasmanian yacht in the 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht
Race, winner of the RYCT Britannia Trophy 2007/08. David Taylor and his team won
the Fully Crewed Division in 2007 and came second in 2008. The yacht has had improved
results on the Derwent this season and should continue its excellent performance
in this years Three Peaks Race. |

Pisces
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Team 3: Elphinstone
Weigh To Go
Design: Farr 11.6
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono
Crew: John Hall (2) sailor, Triabunna Tas; Graeme Elphinstone (5) sailor, Triabunna
Tas; Edward Forbes (0) sailor, Blackmans Bay Tas; Dean Radford (1) runner, Ulverstone Tas; David
Sweetman (7) runner, Penguin Tas.
A regular competitor in the small but enthusiastic east coast fleet at Triabunna,
John Hall's Farr designed cruiser/racer is a design known for being quick in fresh
free-sheet conditions. This team could be a surprise in the Monohull section.
Supporters include:
Elphinstone Weighing Systems |
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Team 4: Haphazard
Design: Radford 14
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Nick Edmunds (20) sailor, Sidmouth Tas; Ross Edmunds (12) sailor, Sidmouth
Tas; Sam Edmunds (12) sailor, Bridgenorth Tas; David Wright (20) sailor, Bridgenorth
Tas; Andrew Jones (5) sailor, Ulverstone Tas; Jarrod Polson (0) sailor, Tas; John
Claridge (5) runner, Launceston Tas; Tristan Gourlay (5) runner, Launceston Tas.
Always one, if not the most experienced team in the race is Haphazard. With the
only two competitors who have competed in all Three Peaks Races since it began
in 1989 their ability to pick opportunities not seen by some of the less experienced
competitors will give them advantages to keep their performance up against some
of the newer designed and built yachts. Tristan Gourlay is better known as a sailor
in this event but is one of the specialist runners for this year. |

Haphazard at Coles Bay
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Team 5:
Team Whistler
Design: Andy Dovell 36, 11 m sloop
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono
Competing for Tilman Trophy
Crew: David Rees (2) sailor, Hobart Tas; Jory Linscott (2) sailor, Hobart Tas; Tim
Jones (2) sailor, Taroona Tas; Jacqui Guy (10) runner, Lenah Valley Tas; Michael McIntyre
(1) runner, Lauderdale Tas.
Previously David Rees and his team have raced in the Fully Crewed Division but this
year is competing in the Main Racing Monohull Division to experience the full challenge
of the Three Peaks Race. Why the change in Division? David says the team wants the
challenge and also for runner Jacqui Guy this will be her first attempt with a team
competing for the special points award Tilman Trophy.
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Team 6:
Chance
Design: 14.2 m sloop [Lidgard 47]
Division: 2 - Cruising
Competing for Tilman Trophy
Crew: Robert Grant (1) sailor, Clarence Point Tas; Kevin Lloyd (1) sailor, Beaconsfield
Tas; John Hillcoat (0) sailor, Tas; Jason Mills (0) sailor, Tas; John Wilson (2) runner, Kayena Tas; Lorna
Wilson (1) runner, Kayena Tas.
Following the disappointment of not being able to compete last year, it is good
to see Bob Grant's cruising yacht here again. Chance will give her crew a comfortable
ride to Hobart and could surprise many with her speed. While it is the only team
in the Cruising Division they will be competing against others for the Tilman Trophy.
The Wilsons ran together in
2007.
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Chance.
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Team
7: Peccadillo
Design: Atlantic 46 Mk II
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull
Competing for Tilman Trophy
Crew: Charles Meredith (1), sailor, Port Melbourne Vic;
David Blake
(0) sailor,
Vic; David Tapper (0) sailor, Vic; Grant Houniet (1) runner, Mt Buller Vic; John
Winsbury (0) runner, ACT.
Stepping away from the comfort of the Seawind 1000 that Charles entered for his
first race last year he returns with a much larger catamaran. Not much is known
about Peccadillo although she did compete in the 2009 Geelong Week Regatta. Crew
David Tapper sailing his
Cirrostratus 10 scored a second in that regatta so his skills added to the team will be beneficial.
Strong reaching conditions should favour the cutter rig giving a fast passage and
a lumpy sea will not pose the difficulties experienced by the lighter multihulls. |

Peccadillo.
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Team 8:
Sullivans Cove Whisky
Design: Sydney 38
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed
Crew: Dianne Barkas (0), sailor, Hobart Tas; Michael Burrows (1) sailor, Kettering
Tas; Tim Malone (6) sailor, Kettering Tas; Heather McCallum (0) sailor, Sandy Bay
Tas; Mark Singleton (0) sailor, Longley Tas; David Sudano (0) sailor, Huonville
Tas; Andrew Howse (0) runner, Paddington NSW; Adrian Young (2) runner, Canterbury
NZ; Julian Salter (1) sailor, Hobart Tas.
The largest team this year with nine members will push this well performed yacht
in its first race. Competing for the first time Dianne Barkas joins a small but
elite group of women skippers in this race.
Barkas is well-credentialed to challenge for the fully-crewed title, after she
became the first female skipper to win the Bruny Island offshore race in its 111-year
history in 2008.
She placed third in the last Launceston to Hobart yacht race and has also completed the Maria Island
race.
Supporters include:
Sullivans Cove Whisky |

Sullivans Cove Whisky.
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Team 9: Westbury/Mersey
Pharmacy
Design: Chamberlin 11.4
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull
Crew: Terry Travers (9) sailor, Devonport Tas; Peter Fletcher (10) sailor, Hobart
Tas; Ben Kelly (0) sailor, Qld; Andrew Kromar (8) runner, Mt Beauty Vic; Clarence
Blake (1) runner, Launceston Tas.
So close to a win last year arriving in Hobart first but being beaten on Mt Wellington
by there friendly foe and four times winner Phillip Marshall, this team is very
keen to win their fourth race and break Marshall's winning habit. Runner Andrew
Kromar holds the running records for Mt Strzelecki and for Mt Wellington as well
as the running aggregate time for all three mountains. The yachts holds the overall
fastest record race time of just 2 days 10 hours 24 minutes and 8 seconds set in
2004.
Supporters include:
Westbury/Mersey Pharmacy |
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Team 10: Tas Marine Construction
Design: Thompson 12
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono
Competing for Tilman Trophy
Crew: Skipper – Rob Gourlay (5) sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Daniel Woods (0) sailor, Sandy Bay Tas;
Jeremy Grey (0) sailor, Sydney NSW; Donovan Jacka (0) runner, South Melbourne Vic; Chris Stevens (0) runner,
Mallacoota Vic.
Given fresh reaching conditions this yacht has proven its speed against well performed
yachts up to twice its length. Heavy windward conditions will not be to their liking
and while Tasmanian waters can provide every type of weather the conditions at Easter
have often yielded conditions that would suit this team.
The sailing crew aboard Tas Marine Construction have some good ocean miles to their
name, after completing the Launceston to Hobart, Bruny and Maria Island offshore
races
this season. Young helmsman Rob Gourlay will be aiming to dominate the monohull racing division but it
may come down to how his first-time runners cope with the combination
of sailing and running. This team could well be the race surprise.
Supporters include:
Tas Marine Construction |

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Team
11: Premium Constructions
Design: Beneteau 12
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono
Crew: Jamie Cooper (7) sailor, Lilydale Tas; Robert McLelland (3) sailor, Lilydale
Tas; Rick Cooper (2) sailor, Mt Martha Vic; Aubrey Hendricks (4) runner, St Leonards
Tas; Doug Grubert (2) runner, Kayena Tas.
This crew is used to sailing and running together for Peter Newman's catamaran
Plan Four. But without the big cat this year they will race Cooper and McLelland's
Beneteau, otherwise known as Don't Panic, in the monohull racing division. Doug
Grubert will come in to replace Aub Hendricks' usual running partner, Allan Hood.
Supporters
include:
Premium Constructions |
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Team
12: Apollonius
Design: Robinson
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing
Crew: Julian Robinson (5) sailor, Deviot Tas; Brendan Davies (0) runner, Belfield
NSW; Vince Anderson (3) sailor, Battery Point Tas; Peter Martain (2) sailor, Launceston
Tas; Paul Badcock (3) sailor, Riverside Tas; Matthew Chamberlain (0) runner, Tas;
Patrick McKenna (3) sailor, Newstead Tas; Anthony Johnson (1) sailor, Trevallyn
Tas.
This yacht was designed and build by the owner and regularly features in
club results in northern Tasmania races. Apollonius' sailing course to Lady Barron
last year has been since subject to a rule change that will remove any controversy
on the passage to take. However, Apollonius proved in 2008 that it was a force
to be reckoned with on the water and perhaps with a different team of runners will
offer a challenge in the fully-crewed division this year. |

Apollonius
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Team 13: BWR Multihulls
Design: 14m catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull
Crew: Bruce Arms (1) sailor, Pacific Paradise Qld; Suzanne Arms (1) sailor, Pacific
Paradise Qld; Kevin Green (1) sailor, Summer Hill NSW; John Kent (1) runner, Bright
Vic; Ian Franzke (0) runner, Wodonga Vic.
Winner of the 2007 Solo Trans Tasman Race from New Plymouth to Mooloolaba Qld. BWR
will be looking to improve on their first Three Peaks last year, when they finished
fourth, despite using their backup runner at Mt Frecinet. With a new recruit up
for the running challenge they would be hoping to step onto the podium at the end
of the race.
Supporters include:
BWR Multihulls |

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