10:49 AM Fri 18 Jun 2010 GMT
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'John Hyslop, non-sailing owner of the yacht Whistler, with members of Team Whistler, left to right, DavId Rees, Michael McIntyre, Jacqui Guy, Jory Linscott and Tim Jones at a farewell function at the RYCT'
Peter Campbell ©
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The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's successful Team Whistler tomorrow will endeavour to become the Australian combination of sailors and endurance runners to win both the Tasmanian and the British Three Peaks Races in the one year. The rugged British event, from Barmouth in Wales to Fort William in Scotland, is over a similar distance of sailing and running to the Tasmanian event, but the total ascent of the three highest peaks in the British Isles is considerably higher. A total of 23 teams have entered the British Three Peaks, with Team Whistler one of the favourites based on the
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by Peter Campbell
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