Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI takes line honours under a cloud



10:22 AM Tue 28 Dec 2010 GMT
'Wild Oats XI finishing' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI, Bob Oatley?s 100-footer tonight took line honours for the fifth time in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, but her victory is provisional with the boat facing potential disqualification for breaching, albeit unintentionally, a major safety rule of the ocean classic. Surrounded by media and spectator boats, the giant maxi yacht swept up the River Derwent half an hour before sunset on a rather dull and cool summer?s evening in Hobart. With the north-westerly breeze hanging in, Wild Oats XI outpaced earlier predictions of a 10pm to midnight finish ? much to the appreciation of ...


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by Peter Campbell





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