Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race


Race Records and Trivia

The race record times, names of trophy winners
and race trivia can be viewed here.

Updated 1 April 2008


TROPHIES and AWARDS for 2008

Prize

Team

Won by

FIRST OVERALL

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Phillip Marshall

KING OF MOUNTAINS

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Paul McKenzie, Mark Guy

KING OF MOUNTAINS (TASMANIA)

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Paul McKenzie, Mark Guy

KING OF MOUNTAINS (Cruising)

Stornoway Julian von Bibra, James Walsh

KING OF MOUNTAINS (Fully Crewed Racing)

Launceston Apartments Zac McArthur, Marcus Cramp

TILMAN TROPHY

Stornoway Richard Gardner

1st MONO to finish (Main Div)

Adelie Ross Clark

2nd MONO to finish (Main Div)

Elphinstone Weigh To Go John Hall

3rd MONO to finish (Main Div)

Modern Living Carpet Court Adam Gourlay

1st MULTI to finish (Main Div)

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Phillip Marshall

2nd MULTI to finish (Main Div)

Westbury Mersey Pharmacy Terry Travers, Robin Chamberlin

3rd MULTI to finish (Main Div)

Jailhouse Grill Don Kidd
LINE HONOURS FULLY CREWED RACING Haphazard Nick Edmunds
FULLY CREWED DIVISION HANDICAP WINNER ASC Engineering Andrew Sutherland
FULLY CREWED DIVISION Second on Handicap Pisces David Taylor
FULLY CREWED DIVISION Third on Handicap Wildfire Malcolm Robinson

FIRST CRUISING DIVISION

Stornoway Richard Gardner

STRZELECKI, fastest run

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Paul McKenzie, Mark Guy

FREYCINET, fastest run

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Paul McKenzie, Mark Guy

WELLINGTON, fastest run

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Paul McKenzie, Mark Guy

SKIPPERS' AWARD

Haphazard Nick Edmunds

LEG 1 MONO, fastest sailing time (Main Div)

Adelie Ross Clark

LEG 2 MONO, fastest sailing time (Main Div)

Elphinstone Weigh To Go John Hall

LEG 3 MONO, fastest sailing time (Main Div)

Elphinstone Weigh To Go John Hall

LEG 1 MULTI, fastest time (Main Div)

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Phillip Marshall

LEG 2 MULTI, fastest time (Main Div)

Brierley Hose John Brierley

LEG 3 MULTI, fastest time (Main Div)

Westbury Mersey Pharmacy Terry Travers, Robin Chamberlin

FIRST TO LOW HEAD

Underwater Video Systems - Host Plus Jeff Cordell

OLDEST RUNNER to have completed a run

Apollonius Vlastic Skvaril

LAST IN TROPHY

Epsilon Anne McComb

DIRECTOR'S CUP

Westbury Mersey Pharmacy Andrew Kromar
EXTRA MILE TROPHY Modern Living Carpet Court Nathan Fellows,
Steve Jaffray

FIRST TO CLEAR LADY BARRON PORT

Shearwater Pure Sprouts Phillip Marshall

Record Times.

Leg Number and Name. Competitors Team Name. Year. Times
d: h: m: s
1 Sail to Lady Barron ISLAND PAINT PRO (Twisted Sister)
Gaynor Ellingsen
1997 0:08:09:30
2 Mt Strzelecki run MCKILLOPS INSURANCE (Excess)
Andrew Kromar & Tim Sloan
1996 0:05:10:04
3 Sail to Wineglass Bay (1989 only) VERBATIM (Baleen)
Kathy Hawkins & Ian Johnston
1989 0:14:31:00
3 Sail to Coles Bay OCEAN EMU
Peter Claringbold
1992 0:15:08:00
4 Mt Freycinet run BUSINESS POST
Adrian Davis & John Coyle
1997 0:04:11:44
5 Sail to Hobart TASMAID FORM (Bagatelle)
Steve Cuming
1992 0:11:14:00
6 Mt Wellington run API Mersey Pharmacy (Excess)
Andrew Kromar & Nigel Aylott
2003 0:02:27:00
** Overall Race Time ** Orana Respite Mersey Pharmacy (Excess)
Robin Chamberlin & Terry Travers
2004 2:10:24:08
Running Aggregate MCKILLOPS INSURANCE (Excess)
Andrew Kromar & Tim Sloan
1996 0:11:52:12
Sailing Aggregate Slingshot
Steve Walker
2004 1:20:54:14

Race Trivia up to & including 2008

Total Number of Races

Twenty.

Winner Fastest Race overall

Excess (Orana Respite Mersey Pharmacy), Robin Chamberlin & Terry Travers, 2 days 10 hour 24 minutes 8 seconds in 2004.

Slowest overall

Aratapu, Hugh Clay. 5 days 18 hours 44 minutes in 1989.

Greatest Winning Margin

Marshall Engineering (Slingshot), Phillip Marshall in 2006. 15 hours 47 minutes and 2 seconds.

Smallest Winning Margin

Orana Respite Mersey Pharmacy, Robin Chamberlin & Terry Travers, 1 minute 26 seconds from Slingshot, Steve Walker in 2004.

Winner of the Slowest Race overall

Mersey Pharmacy (Excess), Robin Chamberlin and Terry Travers in 2003 in an overall time of 4 days 5 hours 48 minutes 50 seconds.

Fastest Sailing overall

Excess (Mersey Pharmacy), Robin Chamberlin & Terry Travers in 2 days 0 hour 14 minutes 56 seconds in 2001.

Fastest Running overall

Excess (McKillop Insurance), Tim Sloan & Andrew Kromar, 11 hours 52 minutes in 1996.

Slowest Sailing overall

New Man, Lionel Rockman, 4 days 12 hours 54 minutes in 1990.

Slowest Running overall

New Horizon, 1 day 8 hours 7 minutes 54 secs in 1999.

Fastest First Sailing Leg to Lady Barron

Twisted Sister (Island Paint Pro), Gaynor Ellingsen, 8 hours 9 minutes, 30 seconds in 1997.

Slowest First Sailing Leg to Lady Barron

Just Envelopes Tasmania, Angus Sprott, 1 day 22 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds in 1999.

Fastest First Running Leg at Flinders

Excess (McKillops Insurance), Tim Sloan & Andrew Kromar, 5 hours 10 minutes 4 seconds in 1996.

Slowest First Running Leg at Flinders

Pippin, Jane Crosswell and Dale Lancaster, 13 hours, 17 minutes, 1 second in 2005.

Fastest Second Sailing Leg to Coles Bay (Old Course to Wineglass Bay, 1989 only)

Verbatim (Baleen), Johnston/Hawkins, 14 hours 31 minutes in 1989.

Fastest Second Sailing Leg to Coles Bay (New Course to Coles Bay)

Ocean Emu, Peter Claringbold, 15 hours 8 minutes in 1992.

Slowest Second Sailing Leg to Coles Bay

Lara II (SMF Superannuation), Bob Silberberg, 2 days 2 hours 29 minutes in 1990.

Fastest Second Running Leg at Freycinet

Naiad (Business Post), John Coyle and Adrian Davis from Scotland, 4 hours 11 minutes 44 seconds in 1997.

Slowest Second Running Leg at Freycinet

New Horizon, 19 hours 17 minutes 32 seconds in 1999.

Fastest Third Sailing Leg to Hobart

Bagatelle (Tasmaid Form), Stephen Cuming, 11 hours 14 minutes in 1992.

Slowest Third Sailing Leg to Hobart

Bastet (Southern Cross News), 2 days 9 hours 55 minutes in 1996.

Fastest Third Running Leg at Wellington

Mersey Pharmacy (XS), Andrew Kromar and Nigel Aylott, 2 hours 28 minutes 0 seconds in 2003.

Slowest Third Running Leg at Wellington

Aquila (Marine Alarms), Peter Gibson and complete team for Tilman points, 8 hours 38 minutes 3 seconds in 1997.

Number of years there has been no female competitors

1 - in 1991.

Most women in one race

Ten in 2000. (Eight in 1990. Seven in 1999).

Oldest Female Competitor

Dale Lancaster (55), a runner in 2006.

Oldest Male Competitor

Alan Rees (72), a sailor in 2007.

Most races competed

18 have competed in a total of 10 or more races.
Nick Edmunds (20) sailor,
David Wright (20) runner and sailor,
Jeff Cordell (18) runner and sailor,
Lloyd Febey (18) runner,
Richard Edmunds (16) runner and sailor,
Phillip Marshall (15) sailor,
Les Savage (14) runner,
Phil O'Sign (14) sailor,
David MacFarlane (12) sailor,
Ross Edmunds (12) sailor,
Sam Edmunds (12) sailor,
Mark Guy (12) runner and sailor,
Robin Chamberlin (11) sailor,
Steve Walker (11) sailor,
Paul Herron (10) sailor,
Bruce Guy (10) sailor,
Jacqui Guy (10) runner,
Peter Fletcher (10) runner and sailor.

Most races as a runner

Lloyd Febey (18).

Most races for a yacht

Adams Apple (Adams 13m), 8 races.
Haphazard (Radford 14), 15 races.

Years with no retirements

1994, 2002, 2004, 2007.

Most retirements

Nine in 1996.

Most number of entrants in the Cruising Division

Six in 2002.

Most number of entrants in the Fully Crewed Division

Ten in 2008 .

Most number of entrants in the Classics Division

Two in 1999, the inaugural year for the division and two in 2000.

Largest Fleets

30 in the inaugural race in 1989.
27 in 2008
23 in 1990
19 in 1999

Smallest Fleet overall

11 teams in 2000.

Most multihulls in one race

8 in 2008
4 in 1989, 1992, 2001 and in 2004.

Largest Yacht to have competed (other than in the Classics Division).

Magic Miles (Nude Wines), 62 feet length overall, sailed by Drerw Murray in 2008.
Casablanca, (Hogia Llyn), 61 feet length overall, chartered by Dewi Hughes from Wales in 1989.

Number of years multihulls have entered

Nineteen.

Number of times race won by multihull

Ten. Ian Johnston (Verbatim) in 1989, Martin Pryor (Windswept) in 1993, Robin Chamberlin in Excess in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, Phillip Marshall (Slingshot) in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Number of times race won by rounding Tasman Island

6 - in 1992 by Ronstan Wild Thing, Grant Wharington, in 1996, 1997 and 1999 by Vendetta (ComputerLand), John Saul, in 2000 by Haphazard (Nick Edmunds) and 2003 by Mersey Pharmacy (Robin Chamberlin).

 

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