Hamilton Island success for North Sails and 3Di

1:06 PM Thu 9 Sep 2010 GMT

'Andrea Francolini - www.afrancolini.com - North sails Hamilton Island story' Andrea Francolini &copy

Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 'Loki' became the first boat to take back to back wins in both the Sydney to Gold Coast race and Hamilton Island Race Week. These two wins combined with a victory in the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta in March and enabled the Loki team to record a narrow victory over Harvey Milnes 'Aroona' for the overall title of Australian IRC champion. After a disappointing Race Week last year the Loki team was out to make amends this year. Loki trimmer, North Sails Alby Pratt, worked with the team to identify several areas of the boats ...

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