Paget's Lady is doing the 2008 race again ,
watch this space race starts on the 28th June.
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Three Peaks Yacht race This year you can follow each boats progress on line thanks to Satellite tracking.
The Three Peaks Yacht Race, ( Ellen MacArthur Trust )
We will be know as the "Ellen MacArthur fund raisers" for this years race.
Once again we are competing in my Westerly Corsair 36' sloop, this year we have a change of crew again, Dave Ferrier is saving to get married so he will not be with us, But there will be Nick, Patrick from last year Cornelius Patrick's brother who ran with Patrick in 2005 and new member Steve, a friend from the marina at Fleetwood who has considerable experience and myself the old man of the crew.
The start is 1600hrs 23rd June at Barmouth Wales, we sail to Caernarfon where we drop the runners of and they run up Snowdon and back, while they are away we anchor in the Menai Straits, once they arrive back we collect them off the pier and sail through the Straits and the infamous Swellies and out across the Irish Sea to Whitehaven here we enter the harbour moor up and drop the runners off with their Bikes ( we carry these on board) they ride app 18 miles then run to the top of Scarfell and back to their bikes then ride back to Whitehaven, once they are back onboard we set sail on the last leg, to Fort William, this is the longest leg and very testing as there are several tidal gates which we have to navigate with great care, once in Fort William we go alongside the pontoon at the entrance to the Caledonian canal, all the runners have to do now is run to the top of Ben Nevis and back to finnish the race. EASY.
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