New South Wales team wins Southern Cross Cup

by Peter Campbell on 1 Jan 2002 The New South Wales team of Ragamuffin, Sting and Loki has won the 18th Southern Cross Cup teams series, beating the Cruisiing Yacht Club by just 10 points after
nine races, including the 57th CYCA Sydney Hobart Race which ended today.



Despite the retirement of Sting, Terry Mullens’ Farr 50, from the Sydney Hobart, Syd Fischer’s Farr 50, Ragamuffin, and Stephen Ainsworth’s Swan 48, Loki, kept the
team ahead, finishing with 1455 points.



The CYCA team topscored in the final, double-points Sydney Hobart Race, with John Kahlbetzer’s Murray/Burns/Dovell 62, Bumblebee 5, winning the last race.



She also wsas topscoring individual yacht for the series, but only one point ahead of Loki, the topscoring boat in the winning NSW team.



The Beneteau 40.7, Shipping Central (Ashley Reed and Michael Spies) and Next Prosail, Craig Malouf’s Sydney 38, whose crew included seven Russian sailors,
combined with Bumblebee 5 to finish with 1445 points.



Third place went to the Victorian team of Bruce Taylor’s Sydney 36, Chutzpah, Don Jones’ 42-footer Cadibarra and Lou Abrahams’ Sydney 38, Another Challenge, on
1381 points.



The fourth team, representing the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, suffered from the retirement of Rush of Sweden (David Falt) and SAP Ausmaid (Kevan Pearce) in the
Sydney Hobart Race and the non-start of Rush (Cameron Miles), ending with 1299 points.