Race Teams for 2009

Updated 21 March 2009.

Team 1: Shearwater Pure Sprouts

Design: Chamberlin 9 catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull

Crew: Phillip Marshall (15), Devonport Tas; Charlie Nolan (4) sailor, Mt Nelson Tas; Steve Walker (8) sailor, Wynyard Tas; Mark Guy (12) runner, Hobart Tas; Tim Piper (3) runner, Invermay Tas.

Passing Low Head Lighthouse in 2004.

Photo: Paul Scambler

Team 2: Pisces

Design: Sydney 36
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing

Crew: David Taylor (4), sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Graeme McKibben (4) sailor, Blackmans Bay Tas; Adrian Herrington (1) sailor, Rosny Point; Douglas Steele (1) sailor, Blackmans Bay; Jim Nixon (3) sailor, Manly NSW; Tony Fattorini (1) runner, Annandale NSW; Philip Whitten (1) runner, Fairy Meadow NSW; Aaron McKibben (3) sailor, Blackmans Bay Tas.

Pisces was the best performing Tasmanian yacht in the 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, winner of the RYCT Brittania Trophy 2007/08. David Taylor and his team won the Fully Crewed Division in 2007 and came second in 2008. The yacht has had improved results on the Derwent this season and should continue its excellent performance in this years Three Peaks Race.

Team 3: Elphinstone Weigh To Go

Design: Farr 11.6
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono

Crew: John Hall (2) sailor, Triabunna Tas; Graeme Elphinstone (5) sailor, Triabunna Tas; Phillip Emmerton (0) sailor, Triabunna Tas; Dean Radford (0) runner, Tas; David Sweetman (6) runner, Penguin Tas.

Supporters include:
Elphinstone Weighing Systems

Team 4: Haphazard

Design: Radford 14
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing

Crew: Nick Edmunds (20) sailor, Sidmouth Tas; Ross Edmunds (12) sailor, Sidmouth Tas; Sam Edmunds (12) sailor, Sidmouth Tas; David Wright (20) sailor, Bridgenorth Tas; Andrew Jones (5) sailor, Ulverstone Tas; Jarrod Polson (0) sailor, Tas; John Claridge (5) runner, Launceston Tas; Tristan Gourlay (5) runner, Launceston Tas.

Team 5: Team Whistler

Design: Andy Dovell 36, 11 m sloop
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono

Crew: David Rees (2) sailor, Hobart Tas; Jory Linscott (2) sailor, Hobart Tas; Tim Jones (2) sailor, Taroona Tas; Jacqui Guy (10) runner, Hobart Tas; Michael McIntyre (1) runner, Lauderdale Tas.

Previously David Rees and his team have raced in the Fully Crewed Division but this year is competing in the Main Racing Monohull Division to experience the full challenge of the Three Peaks Race.

Team 6: Chance

Design: 14.2 m sloop [Lidgard 47]
Division: 2 - Cruising

Crew: Robert Grant (1) sailor, Clarence Point Tas; Kevin Lloyd (1) sailor, Beaconsfield Tas; John Hillcoat (0) sailor; Jason Mills (0) sailor; John Wilson (2) runner; Lorna Wilson (1) runner.

Team 7: Peccadillo

Design:
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull

Crew: Charles Meredith (1), sailor, Port Melbourne Vic; Rick Sutton (1) sailor, Malvern East Vic; Grant Houniet (1) runner, Mt Buller Vic; John Winsbury (0) runner, Vic; TBA

Team 8: Sullivans Cove Whisky

Design: Sydney 38
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed

Crew: Dianne Barkas (0), sailor, Hobart Tas; others to be advised.

Team 9: Westbury/Mersey Pharmacy

Design:
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull

Crew: Terry Travers (9) sailor, Devonport Tas; Peter Fletcher (10) sailor, Hobart Tas; Ben Kelly (0) runner, Vic; Andrew Kromar (8) runner, Mt Beauty Vic; Clarence Blake (1) runner, Launceston Tas.

Team 10: Tas Marine Construction

Design:
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono

Crew: Skipper - Rob Gourlay (6) sailor, Sandy Bay Tas; Daniel Woods sailor; Tom Wilcox sailor; Donovan Jacka runner; Chris Stevens runner

Team 11: Premium Constructions

Design: Farr
Division: 1 - Main Racing Mono

Crew: Jamie Cooper () sailor, Lilydale Tas; Robert McLelland (3) sailor, Lilydale Tas; Rick Cooper sailor, Mt Martha Vic; Aubrey Hendricks (4) runner, St Leonards Tas; Doug Grubert (2) runne, Kayena Tas.

Team 12: Apollonius

Design: Robinson
Division: 3 - Fully Crewed Racing

Crew: Julian Robinson (4) sailor, Deviot Tas; Brendan Davies (0) sailor, Cremorne Tas; Vince Anderson (3) sailor, Battery Point Tas; Peter Martain (2) sailor, Launceston Tas; Paul Badcock (3) sailor, Riverside Tas; Matthew Chamberlain (0) runner, Tas; Patrick McKenna (3) sailor, Newstead Tas; Anthony Johnson (1) sailor, Trevallyn Tas.

Team 13: BWR Multihulls

Design: 14m catamaran
Division: 1 - Main Racing Multihull

Crew: Bruce Arms (1) sailor, Pacific Paradise Qld; Suzanne Arms (1) sailor, Pacific Paradise Qld; Kevin Green (1) sailor, Summer Hill NSW; John Kent (1) runner, Bright Vic; Ian Franzke (0) runner, Wodonga Vic.

Winner of the 2007 Solo Trans Tasman Race from New Plymouth to Mooloolaba Qld.

Supporters include:
BWR Multihulls