Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI announced line honours winner

5:53 AM Wed 29 Dec 2010 GMT

'Wild Oats XI can now be recognised for her achievement' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Following a tense wait, then a protest hearing by the International Jury of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, then another tense wait while the jury deliberated, Wild Oats XI has been exonerated and is now officially the line honours winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Shortly after 5.00pm yesterday, Tim Cox AM RANR, Chairman of the Race Committee of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, delivered the news that the Race Committee had lodged two protests; one against Bob Oatley?s Wild Oats XI and one against Niklas Zennstrom?s R?n. Cox explained that both ...

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