Defending line honors champion LawConnect led the Sydney to Hobart yacht fleet out of Sydney harbor at the start of the 79th ...

Two sailors on separate boats have been killed in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event’s long history of deaths ...

Australian supermaxi LawConnect took back-to-back line honours in the Sydney-Hobart ocean race early Saturday, leading a fleet shaken by the deaths of two sailors in wild weather conditions ...

(Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex via AP) Master Lock Comanche, left, and LawConnect sail out of the heads following the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

SYDNEY (AP) — Comanche took an eight nautical-mile lead over defending line honors champion and fellow 100-foot super maxi LawConnect early in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Thursday.

LawConnect and skipper Christian Beck sailed ... “We have sadly awoken to tragedy in the Sydney to Hobart with the awful news two sailors have lost their lives,” he said.

LawConnect, a 100-foot super maxi skippered ... Law Connect sails down the Derwent River to win line honours in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Hobart, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.

LawConnect, which led out of Sydney Harbor on Thursday, was ahead in the race but still had about 30 nautical miles before reaching Hobart. It will mean an overnight finish for the leading yachts ...