SYDNEY — Favored supermaxi Wild Oats XI, winner of line honors in five of the past six years, led a fleet of 88 yachts out of Sydney Harbour and soon established a good lead at the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Monday.Wild Oats XI sailed between Sydney Heads and into open ocean with a narrow lead over its main rivals Investec Loyal and Wild Thing in the 67th edition of the race. Crew immediately hoisted a spinnaker and Wild Oats headed down the east coast of New South Wales state with a 20 knot tail wind and on heavy swells.The fleet was expected to sail into a southerly front on Monday night with headwinds of up to 40 knots, making any challenge to Wild Oats' 2005 race record time unlikely.
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