Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race - Line honours victory to Wild Oats XI

1:19 PM Sun 1 Aug 2010 GMT

'Wild Oats XI approaching the finish line to take the line honours victory in the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.' Andrea Francolini &copy

Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race has seen Bob Oatley's supermaxi Wild Oats XI taking line honours, the boat's first attempt at the 384 nautical mile race coastal race which is celebrating its silver jubilee. Their official finish time was 19:25:37 this evening, giving them an elapsed time of one day six hours 25 minutes 37 seconds. With the lights of the Gold Coast beckoning and the seas relatively calm, the silver and red hulled bullet from the Reichel Pugh design office finished with a beautiful evening nor'west breeze of eight knots. It's been an eventful race for the winning ...

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