The Malta Independent 10 June 2025, Tuesday
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Wild Oats XI takes line, handicap, race record

Malta Independent Saturday, 29 December 2012, 08:37 Last update: about 13 years ago

 

Super maxi Wild Oats XI has added handicap honors to her line victory and race record in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Wild Oats XI, skippered by Mark Richards, achieved the rare race triple on Saturday morning when several other yachts in the running for the handicap honors — which takes into account the size and specifications of the boat — were slowed by dying winds.

The 100-foot-long Wild Oats finished the 628-nautical-mile (723-mile; 1,163-kilometer) race Friday in 1 day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds after leavingSydney Harbour on Wednesday, 17 minute faster than its previous record time from 2005.

Twelve yachts had finished the race by early Saturday, and 72 of 76 starters were due to complete the distance.

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