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Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats hits awful conditions in Bass Strait

10:26 AM Mon 27 Dec 2010 GMT

'WILD OATS XI - Rolex Sydney Hobart 2010' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Rolex Sydney Hobart u[date from Wild Oats XI. Adrienne Cahalan, supermaxi Wild Oats XI?s co-navigator and the most capped female in the 66 year history of the Rolex Sydney Hobart race, tonight described the crossing of Bass Strait as possibly the worst she has experienced. Cahalan, a mother of two young children who has 19 Hobart races to her credit, said the only way to describe the punishment the 30-metre long Wild Oats XI had been dealt by a south-westerly gale was ?violent and awful?. ?We have spent the entire day trying to protect the yacht from damage and the ...

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