2013 CYCA SOLAS Big Boat Classic The Super-Maxi Clash.

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Channel: World On Water · 2013 · Sports

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Wild Oats XI Takes Round One as Shogun V Wins SOLAS Big Boat Challenge. It has been a long time coming - but at last we have seen Bob Oatley's six time Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours winner, Wild Oats XI, go head to head against Perpetual LOYAL, widely tipped as the boat most likely to rain on Bob Oatley's parade in 2013. Perpetual LOYAL owner Anthony Bell did it in 2011 with his former Loyal, (now racing as Ragamuffin 100), and is very optimistic he can do it again in a boat often acclaimed as the fastest 100 foot super maxi in the world.  Yet we are still none the wiser. In a much stronger than forecast nor-westerly Perpetual LOYAL and Wild Oats XI followed a give-no-quarter start with a neck and neck reach down the first leg past Shark Island, with Perpetual LOYAL holding a slight edge .

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