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Wild Oats XI wins record fourth Sydney-Hobart yachting race (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Australian maxi yacht Wild Oats XI won the 64th Sydney to Hobart race for a record fourth time Sunday, just narrowly missing out on breaking its own race record time.

Yachting: Dunedin man plays key role in success (Otago Daily Times)
Stuart McLachlan is not on the boat, but his work behind the scenes work has helped to keep Telefonica Blue near the front of the Volvo Ocean race. McLachlan (34), a former Dunedin yachtsman, is in charge of the yacht when it it is in port.

Yachting: Regatta hailed as boon event for NZ (Otago Daily Times)
At a time when the global economy is slowing, yachting may be just the thing to put some wind back in the sails of the New Zealand economy, Emirates Team New Zealand chief executive Ross Blackman says.

Cool winter sport — ice yachting on the Hudson River (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
HYDE PARK — Stop the car.

Wild Oats XI wins record fourth Sydney-Hobart yachting race (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
HOBART, Australia (AFP) - Australian maxi yacht Wild Oats XI has won the 64th Sydney to Hobart race for a record fourth time, just narrowly missing out on breaking its own race record time.

Yachting: Wild Oats wins 4th Sydney-Hobart (The New Zealand Herald)
A record fourth straight line honours victory for Wild Oats XI in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Wild Oats has beaten Skandia to the finish in Derwent River. Skipper Mark Richards steered the Bob Oatley owned boat across the finishing line.

Wild Oats XI, Skandia lead Sydney Hobart yachting race as Georgia crew rescued (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The crew of Sydney Hobart race yacht Georgia was rescued after striking overnight trouble as Australian maxis Wild Oats XI and Skandia duelled at the front of the fleet in Bass Strait.

Yachting: Wild Oats XI wins Sydney to Hobart race (Channel NewsAsia)
HOBART, Australia: Australian maxi yacht Wild Oats XI won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Sunday. Wild Oats XI captured line honours for a record fourth consecutive year in the 64th blue water classic.

Wild Oats XI wins record fourth Sydney-Hobart yachting race (TODAYonline)
Australian supermaxi ‘Wild Oats XI’, skippered by Mark Richards, sails past Tasman Island at sunrise as it approaches the finish line of the 64th annual 628-nautical mile Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. ‘Wild Oats XI’ won Australia’s premier blue water classic for a record fourth consecutive year in an elapsed time of one day, 20 hours, 34 minutes and 14 seconds.

Yachting: Wild Oats XI ploughs on in Sydney-Hobart race after hitting shark (Channel NewsAsia)
SYDNEY: Australian maxi yacht Wild Oats XI collided with a large shark but still held a narrow lead over Skandia nearing the finish of the Sydney to Hobart race on Saturday.