3 Peaks Yacht Race

[Marvin]

would love to do this but not fast enough to win it
I have done dinghy racing in the past though

A team with a chance of winning will expect you to be able to do the Scafell Pike leg in 7:30 or less. That's about the time you have if you come in to Whitehaven the earliest you can after low water and leave at the last chance before the next low water. We ran 7:35 in 2011 and bounced along the bottom as we motored out of the outer harbour. Remember also that the Scafell Pike leg is probably less than 24 hours after running Snowdon. It's possible to win if you can't do that time, but a top team is unlikely to want you.

[IanDarkpeak]

Front Runners are quite quick these days. Certainly should be able to do the scafell leg on one tide. You also need a fast boat to win

[IainR]

A team with a chance of winning will expect you to be able to do the Scafell Pike leg in 7:30 or less. That's about the time you have if you come in to Whitehaven the earliest you can after low water and leave at the last chance before the next low water. We ran 7:35 in 2011 and bounced along the bottom as we motored out of the outer harbour. Remember also that the Scafell Pike leg is probably less than 24 hours after running Snowdon. It's possible to win if you can't do that time, but a top team is unlikely to want you.

That's important but also being used to being at sea.. or at least sea sick is also a big help..

The year we won King of the Mountains the Irish lads were probably the better runners but they suffered badly and never really recovered.. but still ran solid times.. Martin and I were both pretty experienced at being at sea and running off the boat so that was a massive help as we got over the initial lumpiness quickly..

The first two legs are close to each other, 20 miler - with a good 16 miles on the road, followed the next day by another what 25? miles plus the biking.. you then have the recovery until the Ben day..

Great race.