Disaster struck for eight-time winner Wild Oats XI as she was forced to retire from the Sydney to Hobart race on Tuesday with keel damage, amid favourable winds that saw the leaders chase record times.It was the second-straight year that the local favourite -- the race's most successful yacht -- had to pull out from the gruelling 628-nautical-mile (1,163 kilometre) event.More in this report By Dimitris Theofanis.
Disaster struck for eight-time winner Wild Oats XI as she was forced to retire from the Sydney to Hobart race on Tuesday with keel damage, amid favourable winds that saw the leaders chase record times.It was the second-straight year that the local favourite -- the race's most successful yacht -- had to pull out from the gruelling 628-nautical-mile (1,163 kilometre) event.More in this report By Dimitris Theofanis.
