#RSHYR / Wild Oats XI has claimed a historic eighth line honours win at Sydney Hobart

In what skipper Mark Richards described as the crew’s most hard-fought line honours triumph, Wild Oats XI held off the impressive challenge posed by Comanche, the newly-launched entry from the United States.

Credit : D Forster / Rolex

Sydney Hobart / Wild Oats XI lay 38 miles ahead of Comanche, Perpetual Loyal forced to abandon

The chase for line honours at the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is intensifying with the leading boats approaching the halfway mark of the 628-nm race.

Credit : D Forster / Rolex Sydney Hobart