Wild Oats XI setting sail for a record - Sport - theage.com.au

"SHE stands tall and majestic above the frenzied hubbub around her. Wild Oats XI, with its far-reaching black mast and brilliant red hull, is the headline act of this year's fleet of more than 100 yachts in the Sydney to Hobart. At today's 1pm race start, just off Shark Island in the middle of Sydney Harbour, she will be the boat that rivals, as well as the thousands of spectator craft and hovering helicopters, will be watching"