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    Wild Oats XI retires with sail damage as brutal squalls hammer Rolex Sydney Hobart Race

    • December 26, 2015

    Gale force southerly headwinds and rough seas have been pummelling the favourites for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2015 fleet and caused havoc among the leading super maxis. Eight times line…

    Wild Oats XI

    Watch how Wild Oats XI was cut in half and rebuilt for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2015

    • December 22, 2015

    This video by Crosbie Lorimer shows Bob Oatley’s now legendary Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI in action earlier this month after her modifications at McConaghy Boats. They were done in preparation…

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2014: Wild Oats XI takes 8th line honours victory but not before the battle with Comanche had closed up once again

    • December 28, 2014

    As Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI crossed the finishing line to take the overall win in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2014, she made yet another entry in the famous…

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