For anyone who didn't see, an anonymous blogger raises an interesting point: If Whistler arrives in Hobart first - which it may well do - will it be prepared to sacrifice its chances of winning the race overall by sending the whole crew up the mountain in order to win the Tilman Trophy? Or will they sacrifice the sailors' fitness training and just send Jacqui and Michael in order to post the fastest possible time and perhaps claim an overall win?
A very interesting debate.
However, Team Whistler would still win racing monohull division even if they sent the entire crew up the mountain... and really first in doesn't count that much any more now there are two separate divisions.
Sending everyone up would probably only add an hour to the total run time and they are about 30 nautical miles ahead of Haphazard, which is carrying injured runners...