Pisces' runners Tony Fattorini and Phillip Whitten, both from NSW.

Sullivans Cove Whisky's Kiwi running team finished the run at 10.54am, seven minutes ahead of Team Whistler, and both headed out of Lady Barron in a zephyr.

A five-knot breeze had kicked in by the time the Pisces runners arrived at 11.25am.

The New South Welshman enjoyed their trip to the summit of Mt Strzelecki and said they still had plenty of energy when they returned to base camp.

"We saved ourselves a bit," Whitten said.

Fattorini added: "We took it pretty easy up there after last year, when it was incredibly hot and so tough.’’ They even stopped to take photos of the "magic" view from the top.
"Homer enjoyed it, it was only peak he hadn’t been up - he's done all the others,'' Whitten said of the mascot attached to his pack.
"We had a really nice sail over; it was calm but there was wind so didn’t have to work the whole way like in other years, we just put sails up and went.''

Haphazard's runners returned to Lady Barron not far behind Pisces, and then Tas Marine Constructions' Donovan Jacka and Chris Stevens, both from Victoria, appeared. The pair spent more than nine hours on the run, walking more than 20km, struggling with sickness and the resulting dehydration. Skipper Rob Gourlay re-considered leaving Lady Barron due to his runner's condition but they have decided to press on and are hoisting sails to be the fourth last boat to leave the wharf.

Chance's runners John and Lorna Wilson reached the summit at 12.10pm, so all the runners - and marshals - are on the way down from the mountain.