IMS Overall at 3pm Thursday.

by Rob Kothe sail-world.com on 28 Dec 2000 The 1993 Sydney to Hobart winner Ninety Seven is grimly holding onto the Overall 2000 Telstra Sydney to Hobart lead it established 12 hours ago.

Grahame Gibson's pale blue Farr 46 competing in its 8th Hobart is holding out the charging Ausmaid, Starlight Express and Ragamuffin. Shipping Central, the Beneteau 40.7 is losing its early advantage as the race moves into Tasmanian waters.

The superb effort from Ninety Seven is visible in her proximity to her larger competitors. She is only 9 miles behing the 60 footer Eureka, and the long legged Ausmaid and 4 miles behind Ragamuffin.

A storm warning has just been issued for Storm Bay, with 30-40 knot North Easters expected during the wee hours, so anything might happen overnight and placement on the water will clearly decide the Overall Winner.

IMS Overall results
Sked 5 3.00pm Thursday

9797 Ninety Seven (1) - Div 1
YC1000 Ausmaid (2) - Div 1
NZL6006 Starlight Express (3) - Div 1
70 Ragamuffin (4) - Div 1
8118 Shipping Central (5) - Div 2
6037 Eureka (6) - Div 1
BBR2183 Sunstone (7) - Div 3
RQ23 Boomaroo Morse Fans (8) - Div 3
327 Zeus 11 (9) - Div 3
8338 AFR Midnight Rambler (10) - Div 2
B370 BOOTS (11) - Div 3
Sm596 Breakaway (12) - Div 3
4100 Terra Firma (13) - Div 1
3333 Urban Guerilla (14) - Div 2
558 Interum (15) - Div 1
Sm2 Another Challenge (16) - Div 2
AUS6606 Quest (17) - Div 1
SA998 Epsilon (18) - Div 3
R33 Chutzpah (19) - Div 2
4057 Aurora (20) - Div 2
S521 Not Negotiable (21) - Div 3
5891 Komatsu Blue Lady (22)
3105 Doctor Who (23)
S85 Raffles (24)
242 Sea Jay (25)
546 Why Do I Do It (26)
B400 Simply Red (27)
3807 Alexander (28)
A8 Mirrabooka (29)
B52 B52 (30)
5659 Antipodes (31
1124 Hot Property (32),
3809 Lady Penrhyn (33),