VIDEO The endless evolution of Wild Oats XI
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How does a ten-year-old boat (and ten years, in the world of hyper-tech racer, is a long time) consistently remain at the top of an ocean classic like the Sydney Hobart (608 miles from Sydney to Hobart, Tasmania)? With its particularly narrow hull, Australian wine magnate Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI has won eight of the last 10 editions of the legendary Australian regatta.
And this year (it starts on December 26, Giovanni Soldini will also be there with his Maserati, it will probably be his last race on the VOR70) he wants to try to take home the ninth as well. But other boats evolve, and then you have to follow the “trend” and update if you want to stay competitive. McConaghy Boats, the original builders of this one hundred-footer born from the pencil of Reichel & Pugh, made the last radical modification, deciding to literally saw off the ten-foot hull at the bow and two at the stern, replacing the cut-off parts with others with more modern, high-performance sections.
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