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by Andrea Francolini Racing

R/P Canting Keel Designs Dominate the 2016 Brisbane to Keppel Race (348nm)

August 6, 2016 · Posted by kate

Rosslyn Bay, Australia (August 6, 2016) – RP100 Wild Oats XI demolishes her own race record in Brisbane to Keppel Race!

Congratulations to the crew of the Reichel/Pugh designed and McConaghy Boats built 100’ Canting Keel Super Maxi Wild Oats XI for taking Line Honors and breaking the course record she previously set in 2011. Wild Oats XI completed the course in 16 hours, 56 minutes and 30 seconds, beating her previous record by over seven hours. Read on at Sail World.

RP66 Alive claims overall IRC corrected honors!

Congratulations to the crew of Alive for claiming overall IRC victory. The Reichel/Pugh designed and Westerly Marine built 66’ Canting Keel Mini Maxi (formerly Black Jack & Stark Raving Mad) was declared the overall IRC winner in the 10th Anniversary Edition of the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race. Read on at ReadyAboutYachting.

Reichel/Pugh designs deliver proven performance longevity

RP100 Wild Oats XI, launched in 2005, has claimed eight line honor wins in the Sydney Hobart Race along with record setting trifecta (line honours, race record and overall handicap) wins in 2005 and 2012.

RP66 Alive, originally launched in the US in 2006, was acquired by Tasmanian businessman Phillip Turner from Peter Harburg early in 2014 and is the current holder of Rolex China Sea Race record.

Title image courtesy of Andrea Francolini

 

Video | Wild Oats XI Evolution

December 19, 2015 · Posted by kate

How does a ten year old yacht remain at the forefront of one of the great ocean race classics?

With her distinctively slim and elegant hull, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI has taken line honours in eight out of the last ten Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races. In collaboration with Reichel/Pugh, her original builders McConaghy Boats have recently completed her most radical evolution yet. On the eve of the 628 nautical mile 2015 RSHYR on December 26th, McConaghy TV shares a film about forging this new reality. Additionally, Reichel/Pugh’s Jim Pugh breaks down the carefully calculated modifications to boost her performance in up-range conditions. Calculations that will hopefully place Wild Oats XI ahead of the 110 yacht fleet into Hobart for the ninth time in 11 starts.

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Title photo from August 2015 © Andrea Francolini

Transpac: Wild Oats XI Has Fastest Elapsed Time | Grand Illusion Is Overall Winner

July 26, 2015 · Posted by kate

Congratulations to all the owners and crews of Reichel/Pugh yachts racing in the 2015 Transpac Race!

Reichel/Pugh designs currently hold the Transpac course records for both fixed and moveable ballast designs, have set new Transpac course records four times since 1999, and have taken elapsed time honors in eight of the last nine Transpacs.

Honolulu, Hawaii (July 26, 2015) – The overall winner is a Santa Cruz 70 Grand Illusion designed by Bill Lee and featuring Reichel/Pugh-designed the keel and rudder appendages. Grand Illusion has now equaled the record for most overall Transpac wins, joining the 88′ Lurline which won the first two races in 1906 and 1908, and again in 1912. However, Grand Illusion holds the status alone for winning overall three times under the same Owner/Skipper, Ed & James McDowell.

Roy Pat Disney’s and Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI had the fastest elapsed time of 6d 10h 37m 2s to win the 2015 Merlin Trophy and take first in Division 1 at the Transpac’s Diamond Head finish line. Wild Oats XI is a 100-foot custom design famous for its eight elapsed time victories, two overall fleet wins and is the current course record holder in the Sydney-Hobart race. Read More …

Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI’s Historic Eighth Line Honours Victory (630nm)

December 29, 2014 · Posted by kate

SydneyHobart2014-logo-croppedCongratulations to the owners and crews of the Reichel/Pugh designed yachts that competed in the 2014 ROLEX Sydney to Hobart Race. Photo © Carlo Borlenghi

100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish – 8th Line Honors Win In 10 Years – Bob Oatley

40′ Chutzpah – 1st IRC Division 2 –  2nd Overall in fleet IRC  –  2nd ORCi Division 2 – Bruce Taylor

52′ Scarlet Runner – 1st in Division 1 ORCi – 2nd Division 1 IRC – Robert Date Read More …

R/P Designed Yachts Claim Top Spots in 2012 Rolex Sydney to Hobart

December 29, 2012 · Posted by kate

Wild Oats XI takes record 6th Line Honors Win in 8 years and Overall Handicap Win
Loki 2nd Overall (1st Place IRC Div 1)
BlackJack 3rd Overall (1st Place ORCi Overall)

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