Nice one Pinchy - I was following the race via the sat tagging on Sleepmonsters and messages to crew of Madam Wen. Some awesome run times; great effort.
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Nice one Pinchy - I was following the race via the sat tagging on Sleepmonsters and messages to crew of Madam Wen. Some awesome run times; great effort.
It's a reversal this year. I've dashed back from Corpach and am running the Cotswold Way tomorrow morning. I'm on leg 1, running for IPWireless Harriers. Up at 4am for the drive to the start: don't expect great things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boy Wonder
Compo> I thought those years rowing in the bumps would be the high point of my athletic career. I never thought that 20 years later, rowing would play such a huge part in what probably is the high point. We did a LOT of rowing in that race. Once we realised that we weren't going to win it on the running, we put absolutely everything into the rowing. The runners rowed for about 10 of the 24 hours before the Ben Nevis run. We were even rowing up the final mile to Corpach. The key to rowing is to remember: it's all in the snatch.
Happy now!
I think you did bloody brilliantly Rich. Chin up, you'll nail it next year.
You guys did everything you should have. I do not believe you DQ'ed, but unranked.
A real shame as you were above board in all that you did!
I bumped in to Janet McIver in the supermarket car park on sat morning and then saw the last team in on the Ben and some of the Support team from Hazard Chase on a Ramsey Reccie.
I was planning on dropping in at Corpach but apparently nearly every one had gone.
Well done to all finishers. Always a tough race.
It looks like Starship has won the Tilman trophy. They're Toffer's mates (I think). Good effort, especially given that that was their first Three Peaks Yacht Race. They looked like they were sailing well when we were side by side off the Mull of Galloway.
Ian> the best time to be at the finish this year was Thursday. There were loads of boats around, with boats arriving all the time. Corpach lock was a real sight. I think the delights of Tobermory and whiskey distilleries has caused the fleet to evaporate!
Yup, Starship got the Tilman, fantastic stuff. Ironic really, for if Wheeze and I had been running we wouldn't have been doing the Tilman!
.....just chasing Zlod for King of the mountains!
Really enjoyed watching this unfold. One to dream about. Well done all involved.
The high points for me on Stormer were overtaking five other teams on the Snowdon run, getting up to 5th/6th place overall at the front of the following group in the Sound of Jura on Wednesday evening (before throwing it away and dropping right back down the field), pulling back to 14th by the time we arrived at Corpach. Our main rowers did a fantastic job in most parts of the race. Given that our yacht is rather heavy, and this was a very light weather race, we were reasonably satisfied with our result, but we know it could have been better.
The racing was so close and we kept meeting up with the same ones over and over again as we all arrived at the same tidal gates.
The whole event was very cometitive on the water and on the runs, but when we were in harbour, the banter between the teams couldn't have been better. Can't wait for next year!:)
Thanks to Nick, Paul, Chris and Mark for having me along. At least we got the whole boat to the finish this time!:D
P.S. Good to meet up with Pinchy in Whitehaven