Grant Wharington’s Skandia has been virtually rebuilt since the dramatic incident in the Tasman Sea when she was leading the fleet to Hobart last year.  She lost her rig and canting keel and many of her sails when she capsized but the 30 metre hull was rebuilt and with a new, taller rig and new canting keel she has been racing competitively in the northern hemisphere this year. She contested Skandia Week, the Rolex Fastnet Race and the Maxi World Rolex Cup and won the Barcalona Race in the Mediterranean in record time before being shipped back to Australia.  Line honours winner of the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart.

Link here (Flash) or here (ASF format) to an interview with a Skandia crewman about the race conditions in the race

Final standings Entrant Status Finished Line Honours Actual elapsed time 02:00:25:57 Actual speed 13.0 kt Position 3 IRC Handicap 1.722 Actual corrected time 03:11:24:03 Actual corrected speed 7.5 kt Position 5 Division A Position 4

. Winner takes all for Wild Oats XI  . The victor honours the yachts still out there  . Fixed keel Skandia takes third on line honours  . Skandia crosses the line after troubled final day  . Latest reports from the fleet  . Gale warning as Wild Oats XI pulls ahead  . Wild Oats makes hay during a fickle first night  . New race record may have 'gone with the wind'