Australian Three Peaks Race - Peccadillo heads for Hobart

1:50 AM Sun 24 Apr 2011 GMT

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Australian Three Peaks Race - A race record is on the cards in the Australian Three Peaks Race, the iconic Easter endurance event that combines ocean yacht racing and mountain running around the eastern coast of the island state of Tasmania. Melbourne catamaran Peccadillo, skippered by Charles Meredith, at 10.30am today was 70 nautical miles from Hobart on the final sailing (and rowing) leg. The Atlantic 46 MkII left Coles Bay on the east coast early this morning after a record second leg sail from Flinders Island yesterday and another fast run to Mount Freycinet overnight. The overall race record, ...

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by Peter Campbell