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Due to illness I have had to pull out of the 3 Peaks Yacht race, so a replacement is needed for me.
The event begins on 16th June.
If anyone is interested and requires more information, could you please send me an email:
[email protected]
Thanks
Natalie
Best of luck to anyone doing this, weather looks horrible at the moment http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/camera/abermaw/webcam2.jpg
I think a few beers in Merioneth Yacht Club would be preferable to Bardsey Sound and Caernarfon Bar today :p
i did this one last year,the weather on the first day was as awful as it is today.out on the sea on a yacht is not a plesant place to be :-s
good luck to all of them
Looks a good race this year.. Krugel Motion have a fair sized lead and the other teams did scafell in the night, Tim Austins team were going or a 7 hr target which is good going, especially if its night..
Times weren't that quick on Snowdon either.
Sounded an exciting finish.. KM got caught, then got ahead to land at Corpach and had a decent run on the hill.
We love MCR won King of the mountains. Unlucky with having the lakes in the dark, probably the worst leg to do in the dark, well definitely.. we had a bit of luck last year in only doing Snowdon in the dark and it was light as we decended past Clogwyn.
I was holidaying in Corpach this week, I walked pasted the yachts,while running up The Ben on a training run, I met a few of the race competitors as they were coming down.
Hope I didn't get in their way.:o
ATB
Tahr
Runners needed for 2013 race.
Mike Jaques is an experienced racing skipper who is looking for two good runners to join his boat "Nunatak" this year. He is aiming to win the event overall having been third in previous years.
There is no cost involved as all you have to do is get yourself to Barmouth for the start on 14th June and then back from Fort William on or around 17th/18th depending on wind and tides (there will be plenty of others heading south to catch a lift from).
Sailing experience would be useful but not essential as you'll just have to concentrate on the three runs and possibly a bit of rowing if the wind dies!
Details of the race can be found on http://www.threepeaksyachtrace.co.uk/
Mike is also looking for runners to join him on the Scottish Islands Peaks Race from 15th May.
Details of this can be found at http://www.scottishislandspeaksrace.com/
Mike's wife Pam is a doctor who kindly stopped to help me when I had a bad accident at the Langdale Horseshoe in 2011.
If you are interested please contact Mike on [email protected] or Pam at [email protected] and they'll be able to give you any further info you need.
Bon voyage.
No.... a lot of rowing when the wind dies!Quote:
Originally Posted by slats
would love to do this but not fast enough to win it
I have done dinghy racing in the past though
Have a crack with them, I'm not sure how quick you need to be. I guess the website gives you an idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by geronimo
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by geronimo
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
That's important but also being used to being at sea.. or at least sea sick is also a big help..Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
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.
Looks like typical 3 peaks weather for the start on Saturday with pretty fresh westerly winds. Best of luck to all competing in this, I'll be watching from the yacht club bar :thumbup:
yes. best of luck, i am doing the road version three peaks next weekend on the 22nd with a few mates. Third time of doing it so 22 hours to beat from previous times. would still love to the yacht version so if anyone is planning for next year.........Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyndon
Any news on this? Any links or GPS trackers to follow!?
Found a GPS tracker on the 3 Peaks Yacht Race site! Just shows the boats though. Some are at Whitehaven already!Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
Earlier start than usual (1400 yesterday) and strong SWerlies got the fleet to Caernarfon not far off record times. Then today there has been a strong Werly since early morning - ideal for sailing North - which is now abating and turning Southerly.Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
The strong winds look to be favouring the larger boats - the two in Whitehaven, Dido and Nunatak, are both 40+ feet.
I think it could be tight leaving Whitehaven amongst the leading three. It's high tide just after 1700 therefore, unless conditions completely drop, White Cloud should be in port in a couple of hours; the runners off the leading two should be back around midnight, which is low tide therefore they will not be leaving immediately. By the time the lock gates open there could be three boats waiting to leave.
Full details and updates are here
http://www.sleepmonsters.com/racerep...tory_order=asc
The winds have dropped therefore progress across Liverpool bay has dropped to a crawl. White Clouds slowed but have just gone into Whitehaven and are probably the last boat that will get in on this tide.
Dido and Nunatak should both be ready to leave when the lock gates open early in the morning (0130ish?) with White Clouds following them out around 0430.
Ben there before, really frustrating being 4 hours in front and you just have to sit there. But that's what makes it fun. Next interesting bit for the leaders is the Sound of LuingQuote:
Originally Posted by Headless
Direct link to the tracker
http://www.threepeaksyachtrace.co.uk/followrace.php
Dido just past the south tip of Galloway, 146nm from Fort William, flying along 4nm up on Nunatak (slower just now ~ on a different tack I presume? I only went sailing once though I'd love to repeat it!), White Cloud only another 7nm behind (which equates to almost an hour?)
it can all change on the turn of a tide. we once sat tacking for 3 hours and moved just 100m. the other boats had no tide and started to catch up quite quickly, we got a slight increase in wind speed and managed to creep over a turning tide and although we were only doing 2 knts and the occasional bit of rowing we knew that the boats behind were stuffed as the tidal flow was increasing against them. in fact they anchored up for 4 hours while we got away. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LissaJous
Not so sure about the idea if getting (nearly) shipwrecked is part of the bargain! Not to mention all that rowing..
http://www.sleepmonsters.com/racerep...rticle_id=7976
Adam & Chris Perry 2hrs50 for the Ben.
http://www.sleepmonsters.com/racerep...rticle_id=7978
I remember bouncing over the bar...it isn't fun. I was helming at the time and it flipped me across the deck..most uncomfortable. Most of the racing boats push the draft issue, we spent the night on our side in the entrance to Whitehaven after trying to "squeeze" over the bar there on a falling tide. Had we got over the race was all but won as we would have had an 8 hour start on the next boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by LissaJous
Wow they've nailed that.. we did 2:59 a few years back.. that should be a new record..Quote:
Originally Posted by LissaJous
The one annoying thing about the 3PY is getting hold of past results... I can never find them
Cracking run by the Perry's all through the event.
Totally agree Iain. A race with so much history and all you can ever find is last years winners...Quote:
Originally Posted by IainR
You should've read the link :p 11 mins outside the Ben record set in 1984 and 7 mins outside the mountain aggregate time from 2007Quote:
Originally Posted by IainR
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The fierce weather on the first sail made most runners sick and left them shaken up for a night time run over Snowdon, so times were relatively slow, making the best aggregate time a huge challenge..
And the Ben Nevis record has stood for nearly 30 years, and many think it will never be beaten because the path has deteriorated and today’s runners are constrained to stay on the main path and include an extra checkpoint at the half-way lochan.
Adam's having a great year - 4th at the Scottish Island Peaks, new record for the Four Inns, 5th after 2 races in the Lakeland classics, 1st at the Fellsman...Quote:
Originally Posted by IainR
The fierce weather at the start was exactly like our year.. we only just won the snowdon leg but I was pretty ill, but the rest of the teams were hammered far more so luckily we just got that leg then it was flat sailing.. and rowing..
I heard the 84 ben record was questionable, as they thought we may have broken it last year, I think there was questions about where the record went from or something..
Brilliant result.
We thought we were in trouble two years ago when we broached shortly after crossing the bar at low water. Fortunately we had just enough water and survived it.