Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race - Loki starts season with a bang

6:12 AM Mon 2 Aug 2010 GMT

'Stephen Ainsworth’s RP63, the overall winner of the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race' Andrea Francolini &copy

Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race has seen Loki's owner/skipper Stephen Ainsworth and primary helmsman, Gordon Maguire, head back to Sydney today safe in the knowledge their 2010/11 offshore campaign has started with a bang. The crew of the Reichel Pugh 63 which was launched just prior to the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart has fired the first shot in the season's opening event, the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race which will wrap up at Southport tomorrow, taking out the coveted IRC overall win. 'It was warm, fun and fast,' said the delighted owner at Southport Yacht Club this afternoon. ...

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