The Three Peaks Yacht Race

The Salty Peaknuts

How did it come to this!? Probably Jason recounting his experiences in the 2009 Fastnet race to Tim in the pub and striking his competitive nerve. What could match that in 2010? Time and research gave up to Tim the 3PYR, which surely offers an experience to beat the Fastnet. And so the planning began: all you need is a lean yacht and a couple of iron-men went the thought process. In the end we ditched the iron-men, brought together some good fellows who are up for a challenge (each press-ganged to commit to the deposit whilst pickled at the bar - note the common theme), got training and found a rather more luxurious vessel! Stephen and Jeremy claim to remember a time when they separately ran the London Marathon, although being now in their dotage their carers wonder if this really happened. That said they did lead the team over the line on our recent road race! Our skipper David is local to Wales and familiar with the navigational hazards but otherwise it’s a novice team that fancies it has an outsider’s chance of the trophy, failing which the glory of just finishing will do!