Santucci (Red Cap) IslandStats.com Gianni Santucci, took part in the Scottish Island Peaks Race.
Santucci a student at Glenalmond College, in Scotland, was aboard Taeping.
This adventure race is for teams of sailors and fell runners (both youth and adult) and is held annually on and around the most beautiful parts of the west coast of Scotland.
The race starts in Oban with a short hill run, then a sail to Salen on Mull, run over Ben More, sail to Craighouse on Jura, run the Paps, sail to Arran, run Goat Fell, then sail to Troon. The race takes 3 to 4 days and caters for multihulls, racers, and cruisers.
Each team consists of 5 (usually 2 runners and 3 sailors), and there is also an All Rounders class for sailors that can run or runners that can sail, and a class for Youth (with the assistance of a few adults).
Santucci was one of the runners that has to go to shore and run across the land then get back onto the boat to sail to another location.
He and his team would finish 24th overall out of 37 boats, they also finished 4th in the Youth Team Division with a combined time of 17:09:21.
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