Team 8: Team Wildfire
Skippered by Malcolm Robinson of Bellerive, Team Wildfire is the race's second fully-crewed entrant. At 31' she is the smallest monohull in the fleet and carries Jon Ettershank, Julie Hunt, Nic Jansen as sailors and NSW runners Carl Barker and Gerry Grimes.
Carl and Gerry warmed up for the event with the Six Foot Track marathon in their home state earlier this month.
The Six Foot Track is a 45km trail that follows the route of the original 1884 horse track from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains. Capped at 850 entrants, it is the biggest 100% off-road running event in Australia. It was Carl and Gerry's fifth Six Foot Track Marathon each but their firstas friends. They were introduced to each other through the Three Peaks Race. Carl was part of the crew in 2008 but this will be Gerry's first time in a Three Peaks Race. The team is aiming to improve on its 2008 performance, in which it was ninth in the fully-crewed division.
The Six Foot Track is a 45km trail that follows the route of the original 1884 horse track from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains. Capped at 850 entrants, it is the biggest 100% off-road running event in Australia. It was Carl and Gerry's fifth Six Foot Track Marathon each but their firstas friends. They were introduced to each other through the Three Peaks Race. Carl was part of the crew in 2008 but this will be Gerry's first time in a Three Peaks Race. The team is aiming to improve on its 2008 performance, in which it was ninth in the fully-crewed division.
I intend to research the sailing side of this team more thoroughly tomorrow.
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11:30:00 pm
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