The famous 100ft sailing yacht Wild Oats XI is going for an unprecedented eighth line honours in what is the 70th anniversary edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The final sea trial for the yacht and crew is planned to run on Christmas Eve.
The highly experienced crew of the 30m Supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI is currently preparing for next week’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The vessel’s final ocean trials will be conducted off Sydney this weekend.
Aurora Global Logistics, in conjunction with Peters & May, were pleased and honored to have been involved with the transport and logistics of the 100ft Supermaxi yacht Comanche, set to debut at the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Transatlantic Race 2015 will be attended by new supermaxis, including the majestic 100-foot superyacht Comanche, as well as the 88-foot sailing yacht Rambler 88. The race will start from Newport in Rhode Island in late June and early July of 2015.
Tomorrow, December 9, 2014, will see supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI participate in the SOLAS Big Boat challenge – a scene-setter for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The vessel is expected to win its eighth line honours in this race.
Following nearly a dozen makeovers in the past 10 years, the 30-metre supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI is expected to make sailing history by being the first to finish in the upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for an unprecedented eighth time.
The upcoming 70th Anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race promises to be the most memorable in years. The event will host five impressive 100-foot Maxis, including the all-new superyacht Comanche.
This year’s 70th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will host its largest line-up of yachts in a decade. A total number of 119 vessels will attend the race, including the all-new 100ft superyacht Comanche.
A video showing the 100ft Hodgdon racing yacht Comanche under sail, while heading to Charleston in South Carolina.
launched by the US shipyard Hodgdon Yachts just a few weeks ago, the 100-foot pre-preg carbon racing yacht COMANCHE has set sail for the lovely Australia yacht holiday location – Sydney.
This week saw the recently launched 100-foot maxi racing yacht COMANCHE by Hodgdon start her first sea trials in Newport, Rhode Island. She is expected to make her racing premiere at the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
September 27, 2014, was marked by the launch of the impressive 100-foot pre-preg carbon race yacht Comanche at Hodgdon Yachts facility in East Boothbay, Maine. She will compete in this year’s Sydney to Hobart Race.