The Three Peaks Yacht Race
Sail up the wild West Coast and run to the summits of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis, the highest peaks of Wales, England & Scotland. A classic adventure race for teams of runners and sailors, since 1977.
Three Peaks Yacht Race Final Positions Since 2000
Participating Yachts by Year with Final Position
List Includes Name of Skipper and Type/Size Of Yacht
2000:
1 Chartercontinuum.com Reflex 38 38ft Ian Hudson
2 Leopard Clipper Reflex 38 38ft Becky Walford
3 Simply Red (Tilman) Oyster 34 34ft Mike Horrocks
4 Thundachild Limbo 9.9 32ft Peter Powell
5 Team Mojo Humphries ½ ton 30ft R Mayon-White
6 Midstream Sadler Starlight 36ft Guy Rooker
7 Team No Limit Maxi 1000 34ft Jim Goddard
8 Parhelion Jeanneau Sunshine 38ft Trevor Bassett
Retirements (12): Bennachie (Chris Stott), Chic Nic (Steve Robinson), The Hustler (David Down), Jadocam (Tudur Slaven), Red Dragon 2000 (Cedric Griffiths), Kookaburra (Bill Whithead), Sunsail IPRS (David Bingham), Corvi (Hugh Bevan), Team Reflex (Geoff West), Storm Cruiser (Scott Hislop), Woodbird (Mike Lynskey), Beef on the Bone (John Fowler)
2001: Race cancelled in respect to the Foot and Mouth Epidemic
2002:
1 Lightning Reflex Reflex 38 38ft Geoff West
2 Hannah Reflex 38 38ft James Getgood
3 Team Caol Ila Jeanneau Odyssey 37ft Trevor Bassett
4 Sunsail 27 (Tilman) Sunfast 36 36ft J Blanshard
5 Midnight Getaway MG335 33ft 6ins Dave Bird
6 Greased Lightning Pocock 38ft Julie Fawcett
7 Team Kaat Jeanneau Sunshine 38ft Nick Hoad
8 Farthing Farr 36 36ft Andrew Green
9 Assent Contessa 32 32ft Willy Ker
10 Positive Impact Bavaria 37 37ft Tudur Slaven
11 Mew Gull Westerly 32ft Neil Ricketts
Retirements (5): Chic Nic (Steve Robinson), Artful Dodger (Christopher Malone), Esox (Jean Louis Lebegue-Jones), IPRS (Dave Bingham), Toytown (Chris Bowns)
2003:
1 Spirit of Barmouth Reflex 38 38ft Geoff West
2 Hellefix (Tilman) X-412 42ft Jack Kamminga
3 Xchanging Sunfast 36 36ft Hamish Coop
4 Jacana Liberator 35ft Phillip Webb
5 Freedom Westerly Fulmar 32ft David Cooper
6 Ragna of Upnor Elan 31 31ft Larry Taylor
7 Mew Gull Westerly Fulmar 32ft Neal Ricketts
8 Pastime he 36 36ft C Smallwood
9 Milly Brown Contessa 32 32ft Mark Hillman
10 Reiver Rustler 36 36ft John Pinchbeck
11 Paget’s Lady Westerly Corsair 36ft M P-Tomlinson
12 Chic Nic Nicholson 30 30ft Steve Robinson
Retirements (3): Ryde Harriers YC (Andrew Green), Hedonist (Phil Pryor), Marian Maid (Pat McHugh)
2004:
1 Hellefix (NED) X-412 42ft Jack Kaminga
2 Ryde Harriers Reflex 38 38ft Andrew Green
3 5girlsinaboat X-332 33ft Susan Rutter
4 Sealion Westerly Typhoon 37ft Phil Pryor
5 Dreamcatcher Nordship 43ft Derek Douglas
6 Chilli Nomads (Tilman) Sunfast 36 36ft Marc England
7 Veto Dehler 34 35ft Andrew Britton
8 Freedom Westerly Fulmar 32ft Ian Munro
9 Bombadier Elan 333 33ft Chris Gent
10 Zeroh+ X-99 33ft Gadi Eisen
11 Fidget Bavaria 39 39ft Martin Read
12 Mous’le Dehler 37 37ft Hugh Maclean
13 The Hustler Hustler 30 30ft David Down
14 Kithros II Moody S31 31ft Bill Ricketts
15 Good Report Wooden OOD 31ft George Arnison
16 Rosanda Rival 34 34ft Stickland/Legg
17 Ceilidh of Oban Sigma 363 36ft Alex Dufort
18 Sundance Albin Ballard 30ft Ron Donovan
19 Amicus Westerly Consort 29ft Pete Horsfield
Retirement: Spirit of Barmouth (Geoff West)
2005:
1 Vlad the Impaler (Tilman) 38 One design 38ft Greg Marsh
2 Sanderling Bavaria 36 36ft Chris Morris
3 Abbeydale Moonshine Reflex 38 38ft Richard Searle
4 Mew Gull Westerly Fulmar 32ft Neal Ricketts
5 Galahad Contessa 38 38ft Stephen Pointon
6 Paget’s Lady Westerly Corsair 36ft Mike Paget-T
7 Hummingbird Westerly Typhoon 37ft Mike Brettle
8 Huckleburry Friend Beneteau 361 36ft D Pendleberry
9 Flapjack Beneteau First 27.7 28ft Eric Pritchard
10 Wise Guys Jeanneau 37 37ft Kenneth Wise
Retirement: Annie Gunn (Harry Foster/Dave Bird)
2006:
1 Leopard Reflex 38 38ft R Dornton-Duff
2 Vlad the Impaler Simpson OD 38ft Greg Marsh
3 Abbeydale Moonshine Reflex 38 38ft Ric Searle
4 Kidscape Challenge (Til.) Mills 37 37ft Geoff West
5 Blondie J-109 35ft D Whitehouse
6 Tactix X-99 33ft Dave Bird
7 Journeymaker 5 J-105 34ft Chris Jones
8 Highland Spirit Sigma 38 38ft Mike Curtis
9 Indian Summer Jeanneau S Odyssey 34’ Keith Mander
Retirements (13): Huckleburry Friend (David Pendlebury), Road Runner (Colin Smith), Multinet (Nigel Bonnett), Whisky Galore of Little Todday (Charles Clark), Paget’s Lady (Mike Paget-Tomlinson), Amicus (Glyn Hayes), Seahorse V (Bill Mapstone), Laura (Richard Stain), Confusion (Bill Tipper), Flapjack (Eric Pritchard), Marna IV (Christopher Pullen), Kithros II (Bill Ricketts), Redcoat (Paul Lewis)
2007:
1 Vlad the Impaler Simpson OD 38ft Greg Marsh
2 Lightning Reflex Reflex 38 38ft Geoff West
3 Nunatak J-120 40ft Mike Jaques
4 RBS Roadrunner Jeanneau 35 35ft Neal Ricketts
5 Journeymaker 5 (Tilman) J-105 34ft Chris Jones
6 White Cloud IX HOD 35 35ft John Donnelly
7 Swift and Sure IMX 38 38ft Mike Maguire
8 Laura Sovereign 400 40ft Richard Stain
9 Highland Spirit Sigma 38 38ft Mike Curtis
10 Fat Boys Beneteau First 325 34ft Richard Fawcett
11 Flapjack Beneteau First 27.7 28ft Ken Fitzpatrick
12 Shardik Contessa 32 32ft Geoffrey Palmer
13 Buccaneer of Upnor Elan333 34ft Simon George
14 Fantom Sadler 32 32ft Tim Houghton
15 Beach Fox Sigma 41 41ft Simon West
16 Kithros II Moody S31 31ft Bill Ricketts
17 Whisky Galore of Todday Nicholson 35 35ft Charles Clarke
18 Kilva Beneteau First 42 42ft Steve Robinson
19 Indian Summer Jeanneau SO 34.2 33ft Keith Mander
Retirements (7): Stormer (Mike Brettle), AF Switchgear (Dave Bird), Confusion (Bill Tipper), Freedom (Nigel Bonnett), Ellen Mac Arthur Trust (Mike Paget Tomlinson), Pastime (Charles Smallwood), Team RNLI (Martin Roe)
2008:
1 Journeymaker 5 J-105 34ft Chris Jones
2 EADS Innovation Works Reflex 38 38ft Geoff West
3 Hazard Chase (Tilman) HOD 35 35ft Piers Copham
4 RBS Adventure Quest Beneteau First 40.7 Martyn Grant/Neal Ricketts
5 Hero One Tonner 39ft James Kemp
6 Killary IOR 48ft Jamie Young
7 White Cloud IX HOD 35 35ft John Donnelly
8 Team Indian Summer Sigma 38 OOD 38ft Keith Mander
9 Still Smiling Sigma 400 40ft Ian Thomas
10 Beach Fox Sigma 41 41ft Simon West
11 Kilva Beneteau First 42 42ft Steve Robinson
12 Paget’s Lady Westerly Corsair 35ft M P-Tomlinson
13 Leamington Luffers Southerly 115 36ft Pete Grenfell
14 Cael Ileachs Sadler 34 34ft John Harris
15 Sea Horse Sailing Club Victoria 34 34ft Graham Gibson
16 Whisky Galore Nicholson 35 35ft Charles Clarke
17 Kithros II Moody S31 31ft Bill Ricketts
Retirements (3): Team Sanoodi (Noel Bristow), Jury’s Out (Gareth Davies), Nunatak (Mike Jaques)
2009:
1 EADS Innovation Works Stimpson 38 38ft West/Clayton
2 Hazard Chase HOD 35 35ft Andy Eggett
3 Nunatak J-120 40ft Mike Jaques
4 GFT Adventure Beneteau 407 39ft 6ins Neil Shea
5 Ulula J-122 40ft Nick Ogden
6 Penmaenmawr S C Beneteau First 50 49ft Kevin Jones
7 Journeymaker J-105 34ft Andy Hayward
8 Moby J J-92 30ft Martin Pound
9 11th Signal Regiment Elan 37 37ft Darren Gale
10 Topsham Toe in Water Jeanneau Sunshine 38ft Kate Hattersley
11 Starship (Tilman) Sigma 38 38ft Laurie Wheeler
12 Team Torbellino Sigma 38 38ft Simon Newton
13 Helley Hansen UK Sigma 38 38ft Helen Acton
14 Team Stormer Westerly Typhoon 37ft Chris Smith
15 Kithros II Moody S31 31ft Bill Ricketts
16 Team G O S H Beneteau First 305 32ft Huw Reynolds
17 Awelina of Sweden Rustler 42 42ft James Collier
18 Madam Wen Sweden 42 42ft John Glyn Jones
19 R O C One Off 40ft Des Hampton
20 Storm Force Westerly Storm 33 33ft Julian Wells
21 Mynyddwyr de Cymru Mustang 30 30ft Robert West
22 Whisky Galore Nicholson 35 35ft Charles Clarke
23 Team Last Inn Beneteau First 42 42ft Dave Bird
24 Maracuja Jeanneau Sunfast 37ft Phillip Webb
25 Driac 1930 C & N 40ft Des George
Retirements (8) : Ad Alta (Hywel Lewis), RAF Leuchars (Paul Fullalove), Sail Ezra (Sam Brooke), Predator (Kevin Jones),Shropshire Sheepshearers (John Thomas), Team ABF (Tim Wordsworth), Team Isle of Man (Keith Lord), The Foo Crew (Eric Zon/Tim Barr Smith)
2010:
1 EADS Innovation Works X-99 33ft West/Clayton
2 The Dockers Red Admiral 36ft James Perrins
3 Team Whistler Reflex 38 38ft David Rees
4 Topsham Sea Fever (Til) Arcona 400 Bird/Hattersley
5 Moby J J-92 30ft Martin Pound
6 Team Torbellino J-109 35ft Simon Newton
7 GFT Adventure Beneteau First 45 46ft Paul Singleton
8 Kish-i-Noor Sigma 38 38ft J Mecklenburgh
9 Madam Wen Sweden 42 42ft John Jones
10 Kithros II Moody S31 31ft Bill Ricketts
11 Maracuja Jeanneau Sunfast 37ft Phil Webb
12 Storm Force Westerly Storm 33 33ft Julian Wells
13 Sigi Mae Sigma 362 36ft Phil Newman
14 On & Up Rustler 36 36ft Andrew Syme
15 Fantom Sadler 32 32ft Nigel Bonnett
16 Vagabond Mountain Club Hunter Delta 25 25ft (lk) Rob Jordan
17 Driac 1930 C & N Des George
18 Prairie Oyster Oyster 37 37ft Gordon Parker
19 Ben Folds Five Sigma 38 38ft James Goddard
20 Silver Surfers Beneteau Oceanis 40ft Trevor Murphy
Retirements (3): Team Krishna (Ofer Sela), The Salty Peanuts (David Williams), White Cloud (John Donnelly)
2011:
1 Danu technologies Ker 35 35ft Glen Ward
2 White Clouds HOD 35 35ft John Donnelly
3 Team Whistler (Tilman) Reflex 38 38ft David Rees
4 Team Torbellino J-109 35ft Simon Newton
5 Peaks Addix X-99 33ft GW,GC & PC
6 Testa Rossa Starlight 39 39ft Catherin Dobson
7 Moby J J-92 30ft Martin Pound
8 Madam Wen Sweden 42 42ft John Jones
9 Team adidas TERREX Sigma 38 38ft Mander/N Shea
10 Questar Swan 44 44ft Simon Ballantine
11 Satisfaction J-92 30ft Bill Tipper
12 GFT Adventure Beneteau First 45 45ft Paul Singleton
13 Hereford Triathlon Club Dehler 39 39ft Stuart Austin
14 Firefly Rob Humphries YW 42ft Paul Ellis/RT
15 47th Reg Royal Artillery Elan 340 33ft Matt Sargent
16 The Lucky Tartes Jeanneau SO 42 42ft Roland Bowen
17 Kithros II Moody S31 31ft Bill Ricketts
18 4 Pies & a Pasty Sigma 38 38ft James Goddard
19 Team Maybe Beneteau Oceanis 40ft Jon Power
20 Thor Sigma 38 38ft Adrian Wheal
21 Team Rogan Josh Feeling 39 39ft James Dean
22 Team Cuddy Beneteau 41 41ft Bill Cuthbert
23 Beeline of Topsham Parker 275 28ft Kate hattersley
24 Kasuje III Yeoman Mark II 37ft Stephen Rodwell
25 Pears ‘n Peaks Hanse 301 30ft Dave Holbourn
Retirements (5): Eclipse (Mike Rose), Peaks and Pie (Ed Wilson), Predator (Kevin Jones), Team Shantih (David Williams), The Salty Peanuts (Stephen Vause)
2012:
1 Kugel Motion Reflex 38 38ft David Ewin
2 Quickstep (Tilman) Contessa 33 33ft Geoff Sinton
3 Rho Sigma 38 38ft Nick Woolven
4 Stormwind Elan 431 Henry Clay
5 Sea Fever Arcona 39 39ft P Bird/P Young
6 Team Beach Fox Sigma 41 41ft Simon West
7 Thor Sigma 38 38ft Laura Blagden
8 Team We Love MCR Sigma 38 OOD 38ft Mike Pickering
9 Vagabond Mountain Club Sigma 33 33ft Robert Jordon
10 Kithros II Moody S31 31ft Bill Ricketts
11 Salty Peanuts Bavaria Cruiser 46ft Stephen Vause
12 Brioche Boys Beneteau Oceanis 37ft Antony Hornidge
2013:
1 Dido Spirit 46 46ft Tom Hill
2 White Clouds HOD 35 35ft John Donnelly
3 Nunatak (Tilman) J-120 40ft Mike Jaques
4 Moby J J-92 30ft Martin Pound
5 Flycatcher Contessa 38 38ft Henry Clay
6 1st Royal Tank Regiment Beneteau First 34 34ft Andrew Britton
7 Questar Swan 44 44ft Simon Ballantine
8 Sea Camels Dream catcher 37ft James Mansell
Retirements (5): Fire Dancer (David Reynolds), Intrepid Misfits (Jonathan Hart), Pears ‘n’ Peaks (David Holbourne), Team Laura (Richard Stain), Young Guns (Henry Reynolds)
2014:
1 Wight Rose Reflex 38 38ft G West/Clayton
2 British Soldier (Tilman) J-111 36ft Maj WW Naylor
3 Moby J J-92 30ft Martin Pound
4 Mistral Sigma 38 OOD 38ft Keith Mander
5 Twinraces@Denebola Mount Gay 30 31ft Alain Poncelet
6 RHO Sigma 38 38ft Nick Woolven
7 Team Mach 5 Sunfast 37 Christian Mach
8 Team Tiger J-92 30ft Brian Clarke
9 Team Baloo Sigma 33 33ft Rob Harnan
10 Vagabond Mountain Club Sigma 33 33ft Robert Jordan
11 Intrepid Misfits Jeanneau Sunrise 34ft Jonathan Hart
Retirements (2) : By Sea By Land (Major Gill Duncan), DSTL (Simon Zavad)
2015:
1 Rio J 120 Quattro Joost van der Waal
2 Wight Rose Reflex 38 G West/Clayton
3 Tramontana Sigma 38ft Peter Elms
4 Carpmaels Dehler 34 James Getgood
5 Mercian Regiment J-111 36 ft Andy Hadfield (Tilman)
6 Team Grand Slam Westerly Typhoon Mike Croxall
7 Vagabond Custom Collins 40 Bryan Mullarkey
8 Intrepid Misfits Jenneau Sunrise 34 John Hart
9 Burning Daylight Beneteau First 35 Bobb Liddell
10 Celtic Rowers Sloop 43ft Helmut Hardt
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2016:
1 Pure Attitude X37 Ferus McDonald
2 Aparito Digital Health J120 Elin Haf Davies
3 Wight Rose X99 Geoff West
4 White Clouds HOD35 John Donnelly
5 SOUTC First 40.7 George Jorgensen
6 Sail 4 Cancer Reflex 32 Dee Caffari
7 Go Ape Sunfast 35 Jermone Mayhew
8 Sea Camels Sun Odyssey 37 James Mansell
9 Life in Motion Team Hanse 370 Simon Ridley
10 Moby J J 92 Martin Pound
11 Toot Toot Pogo 30 Andy Hill
12 Rho, Run & Sail Sigma 38 OOD Nick Woolven
13 If Not Now, Then When Sun Fizz 35 Robert McCaffrey
Retirements (3); Mistral (Keith Mander), Arup & Over (Henry Snell), Team Excellence (Peter Coxon)
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2017:
1 Moby J J 92 Martin Pound
2 Aurora Contessa 33 Oscar Chess
3 Mystery 11 of Meon Bermudian Cutter Les Parsons
4 White Cloud HOD 35 John Donnelly
5 Hare Hill J120 Pip Hare/Charles Hill
6 Ajax J109 Alexander Shaw
7 Wild Spirit Jeanneau Sunfast 37 Paul Jackson
Retirements (5); Team Chemsol (Neal Shea), Wight Rose (Geoff West), Team Baloo (Johnathan Power), Ultimate Direction (Dave Bird), Mammoths (Angus Lawson).
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2018:
1 Wild Spirit Jeannau 40 Paul Jackson
2 Digital Built Consultants Beneteau First 34.7 Steve Hayes
3 Baloo Sigma 33 OOD Pete Chatfield
4 Ajax J109 Montague Mackie
Challenge Class Finishers; Smithers Purslow
Retirements; Go Sailing Association (Oliver Ridgway), Gwyr Harlech (Matt White), Peaky Finders (Jim Seddon)
2019 Monohull:
1 Dougie Dalzell Memorial Trust Bavaria 36 Robert Morris
2 Peak Performers Sunfast 3200 Peter Ashworth
3 The Forty Somethings J109 Mark Tracey
4 Denebola Ventures (Belgium) Mount Gay 30 Alain Poncelet
5 The Roaring Forties Beneteau 40.7 Chris Miles
6 Fat(ter) Boys Hallberg Rassy Jon Whitley
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Challenge Class Finishers; Infantry Training Centre
Retirements; Jumpa Lagi (Steve Robinson), Wight Rose (Geoff West)
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2019 Multihull:
1 Peaky Blinders Broad Blue Rapier 400 Chris Ross
2 Wandering Glider Dragon 920 Trimaran Michael Thorneloe
3 Don't Look Down Iroquois Dave Parker
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2020 Race cancelled due to Corona Virus
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2021 Monohull:
1 Team Joy JPK 10.10 Dave Butters
2 White Clouds HOD 35 John Donnelly
3 That's Not My Dog Reflex 38 Morgan Peach
4 Wild Spirit Jeaneau 40 Paul Jackson
5 Aurora Contessa 33 Oscar Chess
6 Bee and the Bros Beneteau First 31.7 Tim Whitaker
7 Marine Conservation Soc. Hanse 375 Seth Richardson
8 LETS RUN X99 Dave Bird/Geoff West
9 Tintin Boreal 47 Robert Withers
10 Whisky Galore Nicholson 35 Dr. Charles Clarke
11. Half Light Garcia 48 Charles Smallwood
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Challenge Class Finishers; Sail Raisers and Trail Blazers
Retired; Driac (Charles Lyster), Kokiri (Chris Kemp), Forty Somethings (Mark Tracey)
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2021 Multihull
1. Bare Necessites Dazcat 1150 Bruce Sutherland (Taking part not competing)
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2022 Monohull:
1. Osprey Meadows X99 Geoff West
2. Wild Spirit Reflex 38 Paul Jackson
3. Roaring Forties J111 Cris Miles
4. Food for Flow Dehler 35 CR Rob Vooren
5. Seas The Life Hanse 458 John Williams, Tatiana Shingurova, Jon Briggs
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Challenge Class Finishers; Sedbergh School and Shrewsbury School
Retired: Olympioz, Baloo
No multihulls took part this year.
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2023 Monohull
1. Herbie Rides Again Beneteau First 31.7 Tim Whitaker
2. Cloudy Tactix X99 Geoff West
3. Roaring Forties J111 Chris Miles
4. Kestrel Sunfast 3300 Simon Bamford
Challenge Class Finishers; Whisky Galore (Charles Clarke), Wild Spirit (Paul Jackson), Two Negronis and a packet of nuts (Ashley Field)
Retired: Balti Afterburn (Nick Ridgway)
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Data collated by Martin Pound (Skipper of Moby J) and updated by Rob Howard and Tim Whitaker