Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Race battle of wills

6:21 AM Sat 9 Apr 2011 GMT

'VICTOIRE. Audi Sydney-Newcastle 2011' Andrea Francolini / Audi &copy

The Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race continues up the NSW Central Coast today. Earlier this afternoon, Stephen Ainsworth was in the driver's seat to claim overall race victory and the Blue Water Points Score title with his Reichel/Pugh 63 Loki. But first Loki must overcome the never-ending challenge from her smaller opponent, Victoire. Presently only around 20 odd minutes stands between Loki and Victoire Darryl Hodgkinson's Beneteau 45, to claim race victory. Loki still has 54 nautical miles to reach the finish and at the time of writing, was travelling at 6.3 knots, while Victoire had 105 miles to ...

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