Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race: Loki continues to lead

9:52 AM Fri 8 Apr 2011 GMT

'Ragamuffin led the charge off the start line with Loki - Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race 2011' Andrea Francolini / Audi &copy

Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race sees very little change six and a half hours into the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 213 nautical mile race. Stephen Ainsworth's Loki continues to lead Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin and Colin and Gladys Woods' Pretty Fly III on the water and there is little change in those behind them. Loki, a Reichel/Pugh 63, was 17 nautical miles east of Norah Head, clocking an average speed of 7.2 knots shortly after 6.00pm tonight, but her speed was up and down, as winds started to fade, then reappear. Fischer's TP52 was just five miles behind the ...

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