SOLAS Big Boat Challenge - Wild Oats XI takes the gun

6:51 AM Tue 14 Dec 2010 GMT

'SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2010 - WILD OATS XI' Andrea Francolini &copy Click Here to view large photo

Supermaxi Wild Oats XI took the gun in today?s SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, the fourth line honours win in this event for the Oatley family patriarch, Bob Oatley, who steered his silver-hulled 100 footer around most of the Harbour course. Oatley took the helm once the ?king of pin?, skipper Mark Richards, had put the boat in the box seat following a crowded start at the pin end of the start line, which was crowded by a sizable spectator fleet enjoying their front row seats. It was essentially a one horse race around the 14 nautical mile course, which had ...

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by Lisa Ratcliff