Fleet to have a crack at Loki in Flinders Islet Race

1:57 AM Fri 4 Feb 2011 GMT

'LOKI, (Rolex Sydney Hobart 2010)' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Stephen Ainsworth and his Loki crew from Sydney will be looking to keep their excellent record going when they contest this evening?s 92 nautical mile Flinders Islet Race starting off Point Piper at 8.00pm. Loki, a RP63, has an overwhelming 14 point lead over Syd Fischer?s TP52 Ragamuffin in this penultimate race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia?s (CYCA) Blue Water Point Score (BWPS), counting four wins from the five races held so far, including the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, which counts as Loki?s worst result so far ? a fifth place. With a drop still to come ...

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by Di Pearson

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