Team 2: Westbury-Mersey Pharmacy

is a team that really needs no introduction! Skipper Terry Travers, a Devonport Pharmacist, is a four-time previous winner in this 9m catamaran and, I think, a five-time runner up to Phil Marshall, an engineer from Squeaking Point - who this year happens to be on the same boat!

XS should be in the running to win this year's race with that experience on board - plus Terry's son Adam - but she's probably struggling under the weight of a few too many barnacles.

Runners Tim Piper and Jim Finlay, both triathletes from Launceston, are not carrying any extra weight though - both looking very fit. In the recent 50km Four Beaches run at Greens Beach Jim finished fourth - Tim was earning brownie points on wife Penny's birthday. Both are new dads so they will have a young cheer squad travelling round the course for support.

Tim has run several competitive races in the past, most notably with Mark Padgett on Jailhouse Grill in the 20th race. Jim also competed in that race but with the breakdown of his other runner, nursed several sailors around the race track. He was feeling quite nervous about this race and had never actually met Terry until this morning!