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- 29 Jul, 2012 10:36:00 AM
Wild Oats XI smashes 13 year old Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race record

It was a case of third time lucky for Mark Richards and his crew on Bob Oatley’s 100ft super maxi, Wild Oats XI, which this morning annihilated Brindabella’s Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race record, slicing 5 hours 31 minutes 57 seconds of the 27 hours 35 minutes 43 seconds 13 year-old record set in 1999.
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- 29 Jul, 2012 08:00:00 AM
Ragamuffin Leads Chase for Overall Honours in Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race

Syd Fischer’s Ragamuffin was this morning leading the race for overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 384 nautical mile Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, with Pendragon, Living Doll and Loki stacking up behind her.
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- 29 Jul, 2012 07:13:00 AM
Colortile

A telephone call by Brandon Galwey to Colortile on the first day
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- 29 Jul, 2012 06:46:00 AM
Wild Oats XI on her way to a new Audi Sydney Gold Coast record

As Bob Oatley’s two granddaughters Kristy and Lyndal steady their nerves as they prepare to compete at the London Olympic Games in Equestrian Dressage, his super maxi Wild Oats XI, with Mark Richards at the helm, is near to smashing the 13 year-old Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race record set by Brindabella in 1999.
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- 28 Jul, 2012 11:00:00 PM
Day 2 in photos

A collection of photos from 29 July 2012
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- 28 Jul, 2012 09:20:00 PM
2012 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race - Weather Briefing

A briefing by the Bureau of Meteorology on the morning of race day.
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- 28 Jul, 2012 03:26:00 PM
Audi Sydney Gold Coast: Fleet Makes Quick Exit From Sydney Harbour

Mark Richards steered Wild Oats XI to a quick exit out of Sydney Harbour in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which started at 1.00pm Sydney time today.
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- 28 Jul, 2012 09:42:00 AM
Audi Sydney Gold Coast Record Chase On!

The dye has been cast and the majority of the 63 entries in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race have elected to go offshore after the Bureau of Meteorology’s Michael Logan updated the weather synopsis at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this morning – and Brindabella’s 13 year old record is likely to be smashed.
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- 27 Jul, 2012 11:00:00 PM
2012 Race Images from Andrea Francolini

Official Race photographer Andrea Francolini captured the start of the 27th Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race from the air
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- 27 Jul, 2012 11:00:00 PM
Day 1 in photos

A collection of photos from 28 July 2012
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