Update on running order

Queensland’s big purple cat, BWR Multihulls, left Flinders Island in third place this morning. They were about two hours behind second-placed Westbury-Mersey Pharmacy, after runners Ian Frankze and John Kent lost about half an hour on the road to their quicker rivals. However, they are still well ahead of the following crews.
A very quick run by the team from Peccadillo has pushed the cruising catamaran into fourth place, passing the runners from Thompson 920 Tas Marine Construction.
Peccadillo’s Grant Houniet, a bushwalking guide from Tasmania’s central highlands, and John Winsbury, from Canberra, completed the mountainous section of the run in one hour 23 minutes. The section was completed by leading team and this year’s fastest runners Mark Guy and Tim Piper in exactly the same time.
Sullivans Cove Whisky will be the next boat to depart after Peccadillo, but the battle is on between the next two crews. Jacqui Guy and Michael McIntyre from Team Whistler and John Claridge and Tristan Gourlay from Haphazard have been playing cat and mouse for the length of the run.
Running conditions are good, with cool and overcast weather making the athlete’s jobs slightly easier.