Wild Oats XI
Wild Oats XI in 2011
Sail no: OFF 10001
The sailing yacht Wild Oats XI is a super-maxi yacht Maxi Class 30, the record time keeper and six-time Line Honours Winner winner of the famous Sydney to Hobart ocean race is. Owned by the Australian multi-millionaire Bob Oatley, who built the yacht in 2005 and has become wealthy as a winemaker and wine merchants. He stood in 2009 at No. 9 of the 40 richest men in Australia and New Zealand.
Construction of the yacht
Specializing in Maxi yachts American yacht designer office Reichel Pugh Yacht Design, Inc. of San Diego ( California ) provided a optimized on the length restriction of 30 meters draft to the latest technical standard with a pivoting keel [ canting ballast twin foil ( CBTF ) ] and flexible water ballast. The Wild Oats XI was also built by the specialized Maxi Yachts boatyard McConaghy Boats in Mona Vale Australian carbon and Kevlar -reinforced plastic in order to achieve a high stiffness with low body weight.
Almost identical to Wild Oats XI are also incurred on the shipyard McConaghy super-maxi yachts Alfa Romeo, Rambler and Morning Glory.
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
In the first regatta participation in Sydney to Hobart in 2005, Wild Oats XI won as expected, skippered by Mark Richards in a record time of one day, 18 hours, 40 minutes and 10 seconds and also won the Tattersall 's Cup. The super-maxi yacht was able to repeat this success in the next three years from 2006 to 2008 and won so as the second yacht in the regatta organized since 1945 three times and was the first yacht four times in a row.
In the 65th edition of the regatta of 2009, Wild Oats XI yacht Alfa Romeo had to admit defeat and ended the race by 628 nautical miles on the second rank. But a year later, the crew of Wild Oats XI has named the fifth time in this classic sailing as Line Honours Winner. However, the yacht could prevent almost a disqualification because they had violated the sailing instructions. Wild Oats XI had incorrectly reported at waypoint Greenpoint at the Race Committee. 2011, the yacht Investec Loyal with the minimum lead of 3:08 minutes was relegated to second place.
In 2012, Wild Oats XI presented in Syndey - Hobart a new record time (about 17 minutes faster than 2005) from now one day 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds on and thus secured the ' Line Honours Winner title and the Tattersall 's Cup. They succeeded skipper Mark Richards and his 18-man crew for the second time after 2005 to win the treble with Syndey - Hobart. The new sailing record was made possible by modifications to the yacht in 2012, which concerned the underwater configuration ( an additional sword before the mast and a modified wing keel ) and by a new Code Zero headsail of North Sails, which is rolled out on the bowsprit, and as a Genoa is sheeted.
Other regatta participation
Wild Oats XI took part successfully in the regattas of the Rolex Maxi Worlds in front of Porto Cervo, Sardinia, and other racing events like Super Yacht Cup, the Millennium Cup in Palma de Mallorca. Owner Bob Oatley plans a new annual Regattserie for maxi yachts Hamilton Iceland (Queensland ) at the Great Barrier Reef ( Australia).