The 2014 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was sponsored by a company founded by Alfred Davis and who?
2014 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race The 2014 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 70th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2014 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at 1pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2014), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
Wild Oats XI Wild Oats XI is a maxi yacht, most famous for being the race record holder and an eight times line honours winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Launched in 2005, she was owned by the Bob Oatley (Oatley's estate since his passing in 2016) and skippered by New South Welshman Mark Richards, who founded Palm Beach Yachts Australia.