Tas Marine Constructions


Westbury-Mersey Pharmacy is in second place after a frustrating night of slow windward work...
Terry reports that Phil is five or six miles ahead of his team, heading for Schouten Island, while he is just outside the entrance to Wineglass Bay.
Tas Marine Constructions is just a couple of miles behind W-M P after an excellent sail overnight. The Thompson 920 revelled in the light conditions and has made up a lot of ground, considering it left Flinders in 9th position. It had a strong sailing leg to the island to be fourth in but one of its runners struggled with sickness and dehydration and walked quite a bit of the running leg. The runners were the slowest overall, taking over 9 1/2 hours. The team further delayed the start of its second sailing leg to check on the runner's recovery. So Rob Gourlay and the team, which includes weather forecaster and former north-west Tasmanian Jeremy Grey, has sailed extremely well to now be in third place.
Terry also reported that BWR Multihulls was five to six miles behind him. They are all sailing in a light southerly.
"It was the first year we've really gone out to sea at all and... the inshore route really paid off this time," he said.
"It's pretty frustrating.
"But it's not all bad - we just had egg, bacon and sandwiches courtesy of the boys.''