Sail: Konica Minolta still leading

AAP Sports News (Australia), December, 2004

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 12-27-2004 Sail: Konica Minolta still leading New Zealand's Konica Minolta holds a slender lead over Victorian boat Skandia in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The New Zealand yacht is one mile ahead of its arch rival as the boats approach Bass Strait with super maxi Nicorette and AAPT locked in a similar neck and neck battle for third position seven miles adrift. Brindabella leads the next pack of the fleet, almost 30 miles behind the super maxis. Five of the 116 starters have now retired. AAP RTV aw/tb KEYWORD: SAIL SYDHOB (SYDNEY) 2004 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.