Team 7: VisitFlindersIsland.com.au

or "visitflindersislandcomdot" as they were called on the radio sked...

These guys are going out of their way to be noticed with a fluoro orange prescence on the water and on the wharf. They have a giant fluoro orange asymmetric and even sailed out of the river with their orage storm sail up.

This boat is a cruising version of her sister ship, 14m Chamberlain cat BWR Multihulls, which raced in the last two Three Peaks races.

This event is only her third as she is brand new and basically untested except for the 2009 Launceston to Hobart. But the crew, which includes Flinders Island deputy mayor Michael Grimshaw, skipper Steve Laird and David Jones, will make the trip in luxury with three toilets on board!

David is the most experienced sailor having done one previous race with a Navy team, but is looking forward to the challenge of stepping up to the racing division. They are hoping for a bit of a blow to get the big cat to stretch her legs.

Northern Tassie runners John Cannell and John Wilson are both previous competitors and are in good shape for the race. John Cannell finished in the top 10 in the Cradle Mountain Run and also placed well in the 50km Four Beaches.

Together they are making a very colourful and enthusiastic advertisement for Flinders Island.