 Wild Oats XI claimed line honours in Tasmania
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Australian maxi Wild Oats XI won an unprecedented fourth straight Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Sunday.
The 30m yacht completed the 628-nautical mile race down the Australian eastern seaboard in an official time of one day 20 hours and 34 minutes.
Wild Oats XI set the record of one day 18 hours 40 minutes 10 seconds in 2005.
The Mark Richards-skippered yacht, which finished at 2234 GMT, came out on top after a tight duel with 2003 winner Skandia and a collision with a shark.
Wild Oats XI equalled the record for three successive victories achieved by Claude Plowman's Morna from 1946-48 last year.
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