Sydney to Hobart yacht race begins as Lock Comanche and LawConnect take an early lead in the 79th running of the annual yachting event.

SYDNEY, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Favourite Master Lock Comanche was forced to retire from the 79th running of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race which began on Thursday, leaving Law Connect as the new race ...

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. (Mark Evans/AAP Image via AP).

Master Lock Comanche, LawConnect and other favourites took an early lead on Thursday in the 79th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The supermaxis were leading the 104 yachts out into the South Pacific.

James Mayo, one of the co-skippers of Comanche, had said just hours earlier he and the crew were bracing for “heinous” conditions during the first night. Master Lock Comanche was chasing her ...

Favourites Master Lock Comanche and LawConnect took the early lead in the 79th running of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Thursday, as the supermaxis led the 104 boats out into the South Pacific.

Master Lock Comanche is now under the command of co skippers Matt Allen and James Mayo for this year’s bid for a fifth line honours win after success with a variety of different owners and ...

SYDNEY — Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass ...

Master Lock Comanche will resist the urge to dream of a rare line honours and handicap double win as the Sydney to Hobart fleet prepares for an action-packed race from Boxing Day. In 78 previous ...