The Three Peaks Yacht Race

 

Topsham Sea Fever

Seafever

Sea Fever is a new Arcona 400 that we delivered from Sweden in the Summer of 2009. We are excited about racing her in the Three Peaks Race this year; 3 of her crew, Patrick, Kate and Virginia, competed in the race in 2009. Kate has been trained up by Bill Ricketts of Kithros 2 and is Commodore of Topsham Sailing Club in Devon who have been supporting the event for nearly a decade. The team is made up of two couples (Kate and Andrew and Virginia and Patrick) who sailed dinghies with and against one another in the eighties, and a hardened mountaineer, David, more familiar with Everest than yachts, but with the right attitude and attributes. Sea Fever is on charter, based in the Crinan canal, for the season, details on http://www.argyll-yachtcharters.co.uk.
Back up will be provided by Andrew’s brother Bill Hattersley and David’s partner Claire Marvin.

About Topsham Sea Fever and the crew of Sea Fever

Type Arcona 400   Length 11.96 metres
Sail No. 2098L   Tilman Trophy yes
Race No. 23   Country United Kingdom
Sponsors   Fundraising http://www.justgiving.com/3PYRSeaFeverShelterbox
Quotes Statistically speaking the chances of hitting that rock are so small I am going to ignore it -Kate skippering Topsham Toe in the Water off the Scares in 2009   Media Contacts
Website http://topshamseafever.blogspot.com/  

Crew Member 1

Name Patrick Bird   Gender Male
Position Skipper & runner   Age 51
Occupation Geologist  

Crew Member 2

Name Kate Hattersley   Gender Female
Position Co-Skipper and navigator   Age 49
Occupation Doctor and Commodore of Topsham Sailing Club  

Crew Member 3

Name Andrew Hattersley   Gender Male
Position Sailor and runner   Age 51
Occupation Doctor

Crew Member 4

Name David Hamilton   Gender Male
Position Sailor and runner Age 47
Occupation Mountaineer

Crew Member 5

Name Virginia Bird   Gender Female
Position Sailor and runner Age 50
Occupation Family Organiser

Crew Member 6

Name Bill Hattersley   Gender Male
Position Shore support Age 49
Occupation Engineer