Audi Victoria Week - Loki struggles to line honours in tricky Passage

9:35 AM Sat 22 Jan 2011 GMT

'Loki finally gets a bit of wind - Audi Victoria Week' Andrea Francolini / Audi &copy

Audi Victoria Week - On stepping ashore in Geelong after taking line honours in Audi Victoria Week?s Passage Race this afternoon, Loki?s sailing master Gordon Maguire described the protracted 36.8 nautical mile race as 'painful.' Maguire was not alone in his thoughts, as many of the grand prix yachts expected to do well struggled to make the finish line and the bulk of the fleet was still out on the course at 5.30pm. After taking an early and sizeable lead with Michael Hiatt?s Living Doll (Vic), Loki, an RP63 from NSW, fell into a big hole on Port Phillip Bay. ...

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by Di Pearson