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  • Wild Oats XI Could Take All the Silverware Wild Oats XI Could Take All the Silverware
    • 28 Dec, 2012 11:00:00 AM

    Wild Oats XI Could Take All the Silverware

    Chris Bull’s Cookson 50 Jazz poses the most significant threat to Wild Oats XI repeating her 2005 triumph: the treble of race record, line honours and first overall, in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Wild Oats XI record blown Wild Oats XI record blown
    • 28 Dec, 2012 09:00:00 AM

    Wild Oats XI record blown

    Bob Oatley’s five-time Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours winner, Wild Oats XI,beat her 2005 record time this morning, in a gentle glide to the finish that kept everyone on the edge of their seats. She finished in one day, 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds, taking 16 minutes and 58 seconds off her old record.

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  • Wild Oats XI finish pictures Wild Oats XI finish pictures
    • 28 Dec, 2012 09:00:00 AM

    Wild Oats XI finish pictures

    Images from yachting photographer Carlo Borlenghi of Wild Oats XI record breaking finish

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    • 28 Dec, 2012 05:30:00 AM

    Oats rounds the corner

    Five-time Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours winner, Wild Oats XI, is headed for her sixth title this morning in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual ocean classic after rounding the Tasman Island light at 0330 this morning and sailing west towards Storm Bay and Hobart for an 0830 ETA at the finish.

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    • 28 Dec, 2012 03:45:00 AM

    Oats says 0830 ETA

    Wild Oats XI rounded Tasman Island at 0330 and gave her ETA in Hobart as 0830, putting her about 50 minutes outside her 2005 record. She leads Ragamuffin-Loyal by 42 nm

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    • 28 Dec, 2012 02:00:00 AM

    Record looks safe

    Wild Oats XI was still 16 nm north of Tasman Island at 2 am and down to seven knots. Her 0740 deadline for a new record looks a remote prospect.

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  • Day Two in Review Day Two in Review
    • 27 Dec, 2012 10:00:00 PM

    Day Two in Review

    Watch the video highlights of the second day of the 68th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - courtesy of Rolex and Regattanews

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    • 27 Dec, 2012 09:00:00 PM

    On the Cusp

    Day 2 of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart has so far played out as predicted. The largest yachts have profited hugely from the overnight swing in wind direction to the northeast; one yacht in particular.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart: Ragamuffin Loyal redress request Rolex Sydney Hobart: Ragamuffin Loyal redress request
    • 27 Dec, 2012 09:00:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Ragamuffin Loyal redress request

    The Race Committee of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race lodged a request for redress to the International Jury regarding Ragamuffin Loyal in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual 628 nautical mile race.

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  • Living Doll retired with broken rudder Living Doll retired with broken rudder
    • 27 Dec, 2012 08:00:00 PM

    Living Doll retired with broken rudder

    The Victorian Farr 55, Living Doll, owned and skippered by Michael Hiatt, has become the first casualty of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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