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Wild Ooats Xi owner dies

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Australian winemaker Bob Oatley, the owner of the most successful yacht in the Sydney to Hobart race, died yesterday aged 87. Oatley and a succession of his yachts named Wild Oats have dominated ocean racing in Australia for years. In 2014 his supermaxi Wild Oats XI won the gruelling 628-nautical-mile event for a record-breaking eighth time.




 

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