WILD ROSE DECLARED OVERALL WINNER
Sydney
The 43-foot yacht Wild Rose was yesterday named the overall winner of the Sydney to Hobart race, following doubts about the results after some boats diverted to search for a crashed light plane.
Supermaxi Wild Oats XI on Sunday won a record eighth line honours, becoming the most successful yacht in the history of the 628 nautical mile competition when it crossed the line in two days, two hours, three minutes and 26 seconds late Monday.
Wild Rose won the handicap honours with a corrected race time of three days, 10 hours, 47 minutes and 43 seconds.
The handicap honours take into account the size, weight and length of each boat and the time they took to complete the race.
Skipper Roger Hickman, who was racing in the gruelling event for the 38th time, said his purchase of the 29-year-old yacht would not have happened without the help of Wild Oats XI’s owner Bob Oatley, who previously owned Wild Rose.
Several yachts that had been in contention to take the handicap honours were late Monday diverted to help search for a light plane that crashed into the water while reportedly taking photographs of the race.
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