Flinders Islet Race - Loki adds another record to her collection



2:13 AM Sat 9 Oct 2010 GMT
'Loki' Andrea Francolini &copy
Flinders Islet Race - Stephen Ainsworth and his yacht Loki have added to their growing record collection, breaking the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 92 nautical mile Flinders Islet Race record after taking line honours in the early hours of this morning at 03.48.44am, completing the race in the time of 7 hours 48mins 44secs to also win the race overall - making it his second race trifecta in 19 months. The Reichel/Pugh 63, representing the CYCA, shaved 41mins 45secs from the record set by Matt Allen's Jones 70 Ichi Ban, of 8 hours 30mins 29secs, in 2006 and today's ...


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