After completing the 200 nautical mile Piaget Replica watches test which was also recognized as Wild Oats XI’s offshore qualifier the team skipper Mark Richards declared the team ready for the race on Boxing Day.Wild Oats XI has sailed the 628 nautical mile course to Hobart and conquered it four consecutive times for line honors.This year will see them going for the fifth consecutive line honors in the strongest ever challenge the team has ever faced.Mark Richards stated that the test session was the most exciting and productive time he had on the waters ever since the modifications had taken effect.The team came ashore on Thursday morning at the Woolwich Dock on Sydney Harbour.When the team took off onWednesday the 2nd of December, the waters were not easy on them as they had to Piaget Replica watches deal with a big swell that was coming out of the south.
The 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart regatta is scheduled to start at 1 pm on December 26 which coincides with Boxing Day.The kind of preparations carried on by Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI can be quite intimidating for the rest of the teams.The team has already completed its intense 24-hour sailing trial off Sydney and looks like there’s no stopping them as they head out to the waters the very morning of their return.Wild Oats XI wants to keep up its record of winning top line honors at the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race yet again and not give any other team even a chance to get close. Bob Oatley’s 30.48 meter long supermaxi has been modified for the regatta this year to make it lighter along with increasing the speed.The entire winter was spent by the Wild Oats XI team to incorporate modifications that would make the 30.48 meter supermaxi more efficient and the yacht has been lengthened by half a meter.The team set a record in 2005 by completing the course Piaget Replica watches in 1 day 18 hours 40 minutes and 10 seconds, which stands unbroken till date.
