The Oatley family's renowned Wild Oats XI was extended to the new maximum overall length for yachts contesting the Rolex Sydney Hobart race - 30.48 metres (100ft). Under Skipper Mark Richard's expert captainship, Wild Oats XI again took the triple-crown in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race - line and handicap honours and a race record time.
Wild Oats XI
Wild Oats XI. Wild Oats XI is a maxi yacht, most famous for being the former race record holder and a nine-times line honours winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Launched in 2005, she was owned by Bob Oatley (Oatley's estate since his death in 2016) and skippered by New South Wales Mark Richards, who founded Palm Beach Yachts Australia.
Wild Oats
Brett Eagle bought Wild Rose in 2020 and reverted to her original name Wild Oats. With partners, Gordon Smith and Marc Skjellerup, the Farr 43 placed 26 th in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart. When owned by Roger Hickman, she won the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart, with division wins the previous three years. With partners Bruce Foye and Lance Peckman ...
Wild Oats
Wild Oats. Brett Eagle purchased Wild Rose in 2020 and reverted to her original name Wild Oats. The late Roger Hickman, crewed by male and female amateurs, won the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart with her as Wild Rose and scored wins in the Australian and NSW IRC Championships, among many great victories with this famous yacht, including taking ...
Wild Oats XI
It occasioned Wild Oats XI's record ninth line honours victory, an accomplishment destined to remain unbeaten. Wild Oats XI pipped 100ft Black Jack (by 3mins 31secs - the closest finish in 15 years) in the 2017 Sydney Gold Coast race. In the interim, her keel and its mechanism were gone over and a new North 3Di RAW mainsail added. Black Jack ...
The Yacht
The supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI, owned by the Oatley family, is one of the fastest and most technologically advanced ocean racing yachts in the world. Her record in Australia¹s international offshore classic, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, is unrivalled. The sleek, 30-metre (100ft) long ocean racing thoroughbred is undisputedly the most ...
72nd Sydney to Hobart; Wild Oats XI, Perpetual Loyal
Perpetual Loyal is the new race leader. 9.30am (EDT) Disaster has struck the eight-time Sydney to Hobart winner Wild Oats in the middle of Bass Strait with the 100-footer retiring with hydraulic ...
Wild Oats XI wins 7th Sydney to Hobart
Wild Oats XI wins 7th Sydney to Hobart. HOBART, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Wild Oats XI took line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race for a record-equaling seventh time, winning by more than 30 nautical miles Saturday. Wild Oats, skippered by Mark Richards and owned by billionaire wine mogul Bob Oatley, who is head of the ...
Sydney to Hobart yacht race
Race record holder Andoo Comanche holds the lead on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race — and favourable winds have it close to beating its own record pace from 2017. ... Wild Oats is 1.6 nautical ...
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual oceanic yacht racing event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of ... was not one of the applications for entry and may have raced her last Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 2006. Wild Oats XI went on to create history by winning its third consecutive line honours title and becoming only the ...
Wild Oats XI wins Sydney to Hobart line honors
HOBART, Australia (AP) — Wild Oats XI won the 74th Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Friday, claiming line honors for the ninth time. The Mark Richards-skippered super maxi crossed the line in Hobart shortly after 8 a.m. local time (2100 GMT Thursday) after taking the lead from defending line honors champion Comanche before sunrise.
The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Has a Boat-Size Absence
Dec. 23, 2023. When the hundred-foot Maxi yachts hit the starting line for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one absence will loom as a powerful presence. There will be no Wild Oats XI, and Wild ...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
Wild Oats XI. Wild Oats XI secured her sixth line honours victory under the guidance of Mark Richards in last year's Rolex Sydney Hobart, broke her own race record, which now stands at 1 day, 18 hours, 23 minutes 12 seconds and won the race overall. It was the second time the super maxi had achieved this historic treble and the only boat to ...
Wild Oats XI takes line honors in Sydney-Hobart race
HOBART, Australia (AP) — Wild Oats XI took line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race for a record eighth time on Sunday, holding out a late challenge from American super-maxi Comanche in its big race debut. Australian-owned Wild Oats crossed the finish line to complete the 70th edition of the blue water classic in an unoffical time of 2 days, 2 hours and 2 minutes. The 100 foot super ...
Sydney to Hobart 2018: 'Redemption' at last for Wild OatsXI
Wild Oats XI and its crew took line honors for a record ninth time in one of the tensest finishes to the Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race in its 73-year history, surviving a post-race protest
Sydney to Hobart: Wild Oats XI snatches ninth title in dramatic, record
Wild Oats XI crossed the line about 9:50pm, just over 26 minutes ahead of Comanche. (ABC News: David Robertson) Wild Oats XI smashes the Sydney to Hobart race record to win its ninth title but is ...
Rivals predict Wild Oats XI will be back
Dec 23, 2023 - 1.21pm. Wild Oats XI's would-be rivals for Sydney to Hobart line honours have backed the champion yacht to return to the fleet in 2024. The most successful yacht in Sydney to ...
Wild Oats XI Wins Sydney-Hobart Race Once More
The 68th edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was won in just one day, 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds.
Wild Oats XI
Wild Oats XI is the holder of the race record, which she took in 2005 when she won the treble, in the time of 1 day 18hrs 40mins 10secs - the only boat to win the treble since Rani in the first race in 1945. ... The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is organised by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Sydney to Hobart yacht race sees first electric yacht J-Bird enter
An electric yacht will race in this year's Sydney to Hobart for the first time — making history as cannons fire at the starting line. Non-profit conservation group Ocean Crusaders will launch 'J ...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
Wild Oats. Another well known competitor, this Farr 43 has won the Tattersall Cup twice under previous owner the late Roger Hickman OA, in the 70th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 2014 (IRC) and also in 1993 (IOR). Gordon Smith purchased Wild Oats in 2019 from the widow of late Roger Hickman, as an equal shareholder in a new syndicate.
Wild Oats XI
Wild Oats XI. Has one of the great CVs in the 74-year history of the great race south. Eight line-honours titles (including two race records) and two overall victories, once again will be amongst the favourites especially in the line honours duel. The past three years have not been kind to her having retired in both 2015 and 2016 and then last ...
Under 100 Days to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
With now only 99 days remaining until the start of the 79th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, this year's field of competitors is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. A total of 75 yachts have already registered, ranging from seasoned campaigners to first-time entrants - all gearing up for the 628 nautical-mile challenge ...
Hamilton Island Wild Oats
Wild Oats XI returns in 2022 racing under a refreshed name, Hamilton Island Wild Oats.Mark Richards and crew recently returned to racing in the fluky 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and finished third on Line Honours behind Andoo Comanche and Black Jack.. Wild Oats XI last competed in the Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2019 and finished third over the line, pipping SHK Scallywag by 38 seconds ...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - 100 DayS to Race Day. The countdown is officially on! In just 100 days, the starting cannon will signal the beginning of the 79th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. On December 26th, the world's top sailors will once again converge in Sydney Harbour, ready to embark on one of the most iconic ...
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The Oatley family's renowned Wild Oats XI was extended to the new maximum overall length for yachts contesting the Rolex Sydney Hobart race - 30.48 metres (100ft). Under Skipper Mark Richard's expert captainship, Wild Oats XI again took the triple-crown in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race - line and handicap honours and a race record time.
Wild Oats XI. Wild Oats XI is a maxi yacht, most famous for being the former race record holder and a nine-times line honours winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Launched in 2005, she was owned by Bob Oatley (Oatley's estate since his death in 2016) and skippered by New South Wales Mark Richards, who founded Palm Beach Yachts Australia.
Brett Eagle bought Wild Rose in 2020 and reverted to her original name Wild Oats. With partners, Gordon Smith and Marc Skjellerup, the Farr 43 placed 26 th in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart. When owned by Roger Hickman, she won the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart, with division wins the previous three years. With partners Bruce Foye and Lance Peckman ...
Wild Oats. Brett Eagle purchased Wild Rose in 2020 and reverted to her original name Wild Oats. The late Roger Hickman, crewed by male and female amateurs, won the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart with her as Wild Rose and scored wins in the Australian and NSW IRC Championships, among many great victories with this famous yacht, including taking ...
It occasioned Wild Oats XI's record ninth line honours victory, an accomplishment destined to remain unbeaten. Wild Oats XI pipped 100ft Black Jack (by 3mins 31secs - the closest finish in 15 years) in the 2017 Sydney Gold Coast race. In the interim, her keel and its mechanism were gone over and a new North 3Di RAW mainsail added. Black Jack ...
The supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI, owned by the Oatley family, is one of the fastest and most technologically advanced ocean racing yachts in the world. Her record in Australia¹s international offshore classic, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, is unrivalled. The sleek, 30-metre (100ft) long ocean racing thoroughbred is undisputedly the most ...
Perpetual Loyal is the new race leader. 9.30am (EDT) Disaster has struck the eight-time Sydney to Hobart winner Wild Oats in the middle of Bass Strait with the 100-footer retiring with hydraulic ...
Wild Oats XI wins 7th Sydney to Hobart. HOBART, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Wild Oats XI took line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race for a record-equaling seventh time, winning by more than 30 nautical miles Saturday. Wild Oats, skippered by Mark Richards and owned by billionaire wine mogul Bob Oatley, who is head of the ...
Race record holder Andoo Comanche holds the lead on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race — and favourable winds have it close to beating its own record pace from 2017. ... Wild Oats is 1.6 nautical ...
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual oceanic yacht racing event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of ... was not one of the applications for entry and may have raced her last Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 2006. Wild Oats XI went on to create history by winning its third consecutive line honours title and becoming only the ...
HOBART, Australia (AP) — Wild Oats XI won the 74th Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Friday, claiming line honors for the ninth time. The Mark Richards-skippered super maxi crossed the line in Hobart shortly after 8 a.m. local time (2100 GMT Thursday) after taking the lead from defending line honors champion Comanche before sunrise.
Dec. 23, 2023. When the hundred-foot Maxi yachts hit the starting line for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one absence will loom as a powerful presence. There will be no Wild Oats XI, and Wild ...
Wild Oats XI. Wild Oats XI secured her sixth line honours victory under the guidance of Mark Richards in last year's Rolex Sydney Hobart, broke her own race record, which now stands at 1 day, 18 hours, 23 minutes 12 seconds and won the race overall. It was the second time the super maxi had achieved this historic treble and the only boat to ...
HOBART, Australia (AP) — Wild Oats XI took line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race for a record eighth time on Sunday, holding out a late challenge from American super-maxi Comanche in its big race debut. Australian-owned Wild Oats crossed the finish line to complete the 70th edition of the blue water classic in an unoffical time of 2 days, 2 hours and 2 minutes. The 100 foot super ...
Wild Oats XI and its crew took line honors for a record ninth time in one of the tensest finishes to the Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race in its 73-year history, surviving a post-race protest
Wild Oats XI crossed the line about 9:50pm, just over 26 minutes ahead of Comanche. (ABC News: David Robertson) Wild Oats XI smashes the Sydney to Hobart race record to win its ninth title but is ...
Dec 23, 2023 - 1.21pm. Wild Oats XI's would-be rivals for Sydney to Hobart line honours have backed the champion yacht to return to the fleet in 2024. The most successful yacht in Sydney to ...
The 68th edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was won in just one day, 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds.
Wild Oats XI is the holder of the race record, which she took in 2005 when she won the treble, in the time of 1 day 18hrs 40mins 10secs - the only boat to win the treble since Rani in the first race in 1945. ... The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is organised by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
An electric yacht will race in this year's Sydney to Hobart for the first time — making history as cannons fire at the starting line. Non-profit conservation group Ocean Crusaders will launch 'J ...
Wild Oats. Another well known competitor, this Farr 43 has won the Tattersall Cup twice under previous owner the late Roger Hickman OA, in the 70th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 2014 (IRC) and also in 1993 (IOR). Gordon Smith purchased Wild Oats in 2019 from the widow of late Roger Hickman, as an equal shareholder in a new syndicate.
Wild Oats XI. Has one of the great CVs in the 74-year history of the great race south. Eight line-honours titles (including two race records) and two overall victories, once again will be amongst the favourites especially in the line honours duel. The past three years have not been kind to her having retired in both 2015 and 2016 and then last ...
With now only 99 days remaining until the start of the 79th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, this year's field of competitors is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. A total of 75 yachts have already registered, ranging from seasoned campaigners to first-time entrants - all gearing up for the 628 nautical-mile challenge ...
Wild Oats XI returns in 2022 racing under a refreshed name, Hamilton Island Wild Oats.Mark Richards and crew recently returned to racing in the fluky 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and finished third on Line Honours behind Andoo Comanche and Black Jack.. Wild Oats XI last competed in the Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2019 and finished third over the line, pipping SHK Scallywag by 38 seconds ...
2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - 100 DayS to Race Day. The countdown is officially on! In just 100 days, the starting cannon will signal the beginning of the 79th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. On December 26th, the world's top sailors will once again converge in Sydney Harbour, ready to embark on one of the most iconic ...