Sunday's first media release.
4/04/2010 8:33 AM
The pre-race favourite in the Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race has retired with equipment damage and crew fatigue.
Westbury-Mersey Pharmacy, skippered by Devonport’s Terry Travers, anchored in Binalong Bay on Tasmania’s north-east coast overnight to assess a damaged halyard and broken steering compass. This morning the crew decided to retire from the race and head to St Helens.
Travers’ retirement has left two crews battling it out for top spot: 14m catamaran Deguello, skippered by John Brierley, and 14m monohull Haphazard, skippered by Nick Edmunds.
The pair is locked in almost match-race style competition as they go tack for tack in a light southerly and south-east swell. They are well within sight of each other and less than 10 nautical miles offshore of Friendly Beaches on the state’s central east coast. They have about 30 nautical miles to go to Coles Bay, but with the wind beginning to drop, could be four hours or more away.
4/04/2010 8:33 AM
The pre-race favourite in the Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race has retired with equipment damage and crew fatigue.
Westbury-Mersey Pharmacy, skippered by Devonport’s Terry Travers, anchored in Binalong Bay on Tasmania’s north-east coast overnight to assess a damaged halyard and broken steering compass. This morning the crew decided to retire from the race and head to St Helens.
Travers’ retirement has left two crews battling it out for top spot: 14m catamaran Deguello, skippered by John Brierley, and 14m monohull Haphazard, skippered by Nick Edmunds.
The pair is locked in almost match-race style competition as they go tack for tack in a light southerly and south-east swell. They are well within sight of each other and less than 10 nautical miles offshore of Friendly Beaches on the state’s central east coast. They have about 30 nautical miles to go to Coles Bay, but with the wind beginning to drop, could be four hours or more away.
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