AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2006
SAIL: Wild Oats XI makes it back-to-back line honours
Wild Oats XI has joined a select band of yachts to record back-to-back wins in the
Sydney to Hobart race.
The 30-metre maxi reached the finish line at 9.52 pm (AEDT) to clock an official time
of two days, eight hours, 52 minutes, 33 seconds.
Wild Oats XI became just the sixth boat to record back-to-back victories since the
race's inception in 1945 and the first since Astor achieved the feat in 1963-64.
The time was well outside Wild Oats' own race record of one day, 18 hours, 40 minutes,
10 seconds .. set last year.
AAP RTV aw/cc/dpb/crh
KEYWORD: SAIL SYDHOB (HOBART)
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