Untitled - Dark Peak Fell Runners

DARK PEAKERSTAKE THREE PEAKSYACHT RACEThis year's Three PeaksYacht Race was won by 'Sanskara".a 40ft trimaran in a recordtime of 3 days 12 hrs arx3 9mins.; Martin Stone and PeterI Simpson, both of Dark PeakF.R, were the successful runjners on the aiduous ci.mbs ofSnowdon, Scafell and BenNevis The race starts at Barjmouth and finishes on the; waterfront at Corpach, FortI William.Second to finish was 'FirstClass Marines' whose runners, John Rye and Neil Bowman hadovertaken Sanskara's runnersin the dark on the run fromRavenglass to Scafell but lostthe leadagaintothefastermultihullnear the Mull of KintyraRye and Bowman again ran fasterthan Stone and Simpson onBen Nevis but to no avail andreached the finishing line some2Vjhrs behind the winnersPete Erwinand KenTaylorofRossendale from 5th placed'Pacesetter" broke the recordfor the 16-fnil Ben Nevis run,clocking a cracking 2hr 39minThe weather made the raceanything but plain sailing withhigh winds ousting to GaleForce 9 and big seas "It washell!", said Michael Coombes o!'Meniscus' one of the laterfinishers "We only -had onechance to get in to Ravenglass(across the sandbar whichguards the harbour entrance)without broaching and it wasextremely nerve- wracking"Nevertheless the race was"thoroughly enjoyable". Likesome ofthe crews the crew olMeniscuswasbeing sponsoredfor charity and raised overC2000 for Arthritis and Rheumatismby finishing Another runnerin the race was MatsSoderlund, Secretary Generalof the Swedish OrienteeringFederation from Stockholm, onboard a Swedish-Irish entry'Scan decor".Entries for the annual racehave to be made by December1st to The Daily TelegraphThiee Peaks Yacht Race,Merioneth Yacht Club, Barmouth,There is usually somealbeit limited scope for goodrunners to find a place on boarda yacfij but this is only by directnegotiation with the skippers