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    Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2014: Wild Oats XI takes 8th line honours victory but not before the battle with Comanche had closed up once again

    • December 28, 2014

    As Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI crossed the finishing line to take the overall win in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2014, she made yet another entry in the famous…

    WIld Oats XI

    Gallery: Action from the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2014 – a race of confounding contrasts

    • December 28, 2014

    The Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2014 will go down as one of confounding contrasts that favoured the all-rounders, such as now 8th time line honours winner Wild Oats XI. Our…

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Perpetual Loyal suffers bow delamination as Wild Oats takes the overall lead from Comanche – was this the race defining moment?

    • December 27, 2014

    Twenty four hours after the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, Wild Oats IX took the overall lead from Comanche.

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Christmas Eve fleet briefing points to 20-30 knots against the tide on Friday for the dead beat south

    • December 24, 2014

    A punchy upwind start followed by lighter conditions for the big boats crossing the Bass Strait, before the breeze swings to the north and slingshots the smaller boats back into…

    Comanche

    New 100ft supermaxi Comanche arrives in Australia to prepare for the Sydney-Hobart Race

    • December 2, 2014

    The superfast 100ft maxi designed as a record breaker for Netscape founder Jim Clark and his wife, Kristy, has arrived in Australia by ship in preparation for the Sydney-Hobart Race.…

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