Wild Oats XI

Wild Oats XI
Wild Oats XI at the finishing line, 2011 Sydney-Hobart
Yacht club Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
 Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
 Hamilton Island Yacht Club
Nation Australia
Classcanting keel IRC supermaxi
Sail noAUS–10001
Designer(s)Reichel/Pugh
BuilderMcConaghy
Sydney, Australia
Launched2 December 2005
Owner(s)Robert Oatley
Racing career
SkippersMark Richards
Notable victories2005–2014, 2018 (nine) Sydney-Hobart
2010 Pittwater-Coffs
2015 Transpac
Specifications
TypeMonohull
Displacement32T, of which 14T ballast
Length30.48 m (100.00 ft)
Beam5.1 m (16.73 ft)
Draft5.91 m (19.39 ft)
Sail areamainsail 382 m2 (4,112 sq ft)
jib 228 m2 (2,454 sq ft)
genoa 535 m2 (5,759 sq ft)
spinnaker 880 m2 (9,472 sq ft)
Crew16–29 crew

Wild Oats XI is a maxi yacht, most famous for being the former race record holder and a nine-times line honours winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Launched in 2005, she was owned by Bob Oatley (Oatley's estate since his death in 2016) and skippered by New South Wales Mark Richards, who founded Palm Beach Yachts Australia.