The
100-footers in the 2013
Sydney-Hobart Race
A Battle of Giants
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| Wild Oats XI, 2013 profile |
Launched three weeks before the 2005 edition of the Sydney to Hobart
race, Wild Oats XI proved an immediate success. Since then, she has hoarded
silverware to the point of appearing to be invincible (six Sydney-Hobart line
honours wins, including two trebles for winning on handicap and setting a new
record).
Though her appendages had been revised continuously, the yacht was still
prone to nose diving when running in seaway, thus limiting her speed potential.
A solution licensed from Dynamic Stability Systems was developed and tested
during the 2013 Hamilton Island Race Week: It consists of a lateral retractable
horizontal foil, located just below the waterline and alongside the mast.
The thick carbonfiber foil measures 55cm along the chord and extends
275cm outside the hull. It generates vertical lift to the forward part of the
yacht, thud providing better planing ability.
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| Wild Oats XI, lines |
Launched three weeks before the 2005 edition of the Sydney to Hobart
race, Wild Oats XI proved an immediate success. Since then, she has hoarded
silverware to the point of appearing to be invincible (six Sydney-Hobart line
honours wins, including two trebles for winning on handicap and setting a new
record).
Though her appendages had been revised continuously, the yacht was still
prone to nose diving when running in seaway, thus limiting her speed potential.
A solution licensed from Dynamic Stability Systems was developed and tested
during the 2013 Hamilton Island Race Week: It consists of a lateral retractable
horizontal foil, located just below the waterline and alongside the mast.
The thick carbonfiber foil measures 55cm along the chord and extends
275cm outside the hull. It generates vertical lift to the forward part of the
yacht, thud providing better planing ability.
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| Wild Oats XI, 2013 deck layout |
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| Wild Oats XI, 2012 profile |
Between 2007 and 2008, Wild Oats XI was fitted with daggerboards
amidships, positioned forward of the mast, with a 10° slope, thus correcting
the yacht's tendency to sail on her topsides when heeling.
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| Wild Oats XI, 2007 profile |
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| Wild Oats XI, 2005 profile |
Wild Oats XI was launched in 2005 as a development of the 60ft Wild Oats
IX (2002) and the 66ft Wild Oats X (2004), all penned by the same designers
Reichel/Pugh with CBTF appendage configuration including a canting keel, an aft
rudder and a canard rudder forward of the mast.
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| Perpetual Loyal, 2013 profile |
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| Perpetual Loyal, lines |
The lines of Perpetual Loyal were developed from the trends in the IMOCA
Open 60 and the Volvo Open 70 circuit. Scaled to 100 feet, the lines are so sleek
that is very difficult to read the shape of the yacht in her aftersections.
Because of this, her horizontal sections (which are parallel to the waterline)
all stop abruptly at the transom. Half the yacht's weight is located in the
canting keel which may be swung to windward under sail. In a breeze, 8 cubic
metres of liquid may be pumped to her ballast, allowing for a huge righting
moment that her opponents cannot match. Furthermore, Loyal's ability to plane
offwind give her exceptional top speed. During the SOLAS Big Boat warmup
challenge ahead of the Sydney-Hobart race, she was taken over by Wild Oats XI
after her spinnaker blew out, a reminder that victory can only be achieved if
nothing fails.
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| Wild Thing, ex-Skandia, 2013 profile |
Ordered by Grant Wharington en 2003, Skandia won lines honours in her
inaugural Sydney-Hobart race. In the 2004 edition of the race, she retired
after losing her keel whilst she was heading the fleet. Her canting keel
received several modifications thereafter: Originally 4.80m, her draught
increased to 5.20m in 2005, 5.50m in 2006, and finally a staggering 6.80m in
2009, which is a record for an IRC maxi. The hull was also entirely remodelled
in the rear third of the yacht's length, giving the yacht sleeker and fuller
lines.
Grant Wharington had hoped that the dark livery of his yacht, now called
Wild Thing, would have distinguished her from the rest of the fleet, but
Perpetual Loyal's new black coat and 7 metre beam could cast a very long
shadow...
Specifications:
Wild Oats XI
100ft IRC maxi
Sloop
Yacht designers: Reichel/Pugh
Shipyard: McConaghy's (AUS)
Christened: December 2nd, 2005
Length of Hull: 30.48m
Overall Length: 33.83m
Load Waterline Length: 29.70m
Beam: 5.40m
Mast length: 44.10m
Draught: 5.50m
Displacement: 32 metric tonnes
Ballast: 14 metric tonnes
Mainsail area: 382m²
Jib sail area: 228m²
Genoa sail area: 505m²
R1 headsail area: 880m²
Perpetual Loyal (ex-Rambler 100, ex-Speedboat)
30m IRC maxi
Sloop
Yacht designer: Juan Kouyoumdjian
Shipyard: Cookson Boats (NZ)
Launched: April 17th, 2008
Length of Hull: 29.99m
Overall Length: 33.59m
Load Waterline Length: 29.99m
Beam: 7.00m
Draught: 5.70m
Air draught: 46.50m
Bowsprit: 3.60m
Displacement: 30.6 metric tonnes
Ballast: 15 metric tonnes
Liquid ballast tanks: 8,000L
Upwind sail area: 630m²
Downwind sail area: 1,340m²
Wild Thing (formerly Skandia)
30m IRC maxi
Sloop
Yacht designer: Don Jones
Shipyard: Hart Marine (AUS)
Launched: October 2003
Length of Hull: 30.00m
Overall Length: 32.90m
Load Waterline Length: 30.00m
Beam: 4.95m
Draught: 6.80m
Air draught: 40.00m
Bowsprit: 2.90m
Displacement: 26 metric tonnes
Liquid ballast tanks: 9,000L
Upwind sail area: 492m²
Downwind sail area: 1,050m²
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