Wild Oats XI smashes Cabbage Tree Island record



1:50 AM Sat 20 Nov 2010 GMT
'Wild Oats XI claims the Cabbage Tree Island Race Record in a time of 14h,13m,35sec.' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster
Bob Oatley's 100ft supermaxi Wild Oats XI, with Mark Richards at the helm, has smashed the Cabbage Tree Island Race record today, finishing the 180 nautical mile race at 10:13:35am, slicing more than two hours off the time set by Stephen Ainsworth's RP63 Loki in the race last year. It was a tidy day's work for Wild Oats XI; a Reichel/Pugh 100 that sails under the burgee of the Hamilton Island Yacht Club, setting a new time of 14 hours, 13min, 35 sec to best the 63 foot Reichel/Pugh designed Loki, by two hours, 19mins 12sec in variable conditions. A ...


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by Jannifer Crooks





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