The 98ft super maxi Wild Oats XI is now the first ever yacht to win both the Sydney to Hobart and Pittwater to Coffs Harbour yacht races in the same Xmas - New Year period.
Wild Oats finished the Hobart on December 28, allowed the crew a quiet few drinks at the Customs House Hotel then took off back to Sydney arriving January 1, 2007. The Coffs race started on January 2 from Pittwater (1 hour north of Sydney) and the yacht completed the 226nm course in 21 hours 48 minutes, about 3 hours outside the record - it was upwind the whole way, so not a bad feat considering!
Coffs Harbour is not deep enough for the super maxi, so she had to turn around and head straight back to Sydney - no rest for the wicked!
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