Australian supermaxi LawConnect took back-to-back line honours in the Sydney-Hobart ocean race early Saturday ... explaining that his skipper was unable to appear because of a stomach bug.

Champagne corks often pop and loud, boisterous cheers are usually heard around Constitution Dock when the Sydney to Hobart ...

Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht ... race. "The really small boats are really going to cop it a few times in this race." Fellow skipper ...

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney ... Dock in Hobart, Tasmania, with defending champion LawConnect winning the race for the second year in a row. LawConnect and skipper Christian ...

The annual event — the Rolex Sydney Hobart ... skipper also owns the yacht. Other positions include "helmsperson, navigator, tactician, trimmers and foredeck person, or for'ard hand", race ...

Entering her first Sydney-Hobart, Maritimo is one of only two 100ft supermaxis made by the British luxury yacht designer Oyster ... most decadent boat in the race fleet of 104 boats, boasting ...

By David Schmidt Australians call it the Great Race for good reason. The annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race ... John Quinn, the skipper of the yacht Mem, had fallen overboard.

(Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP). Skipper of Philippines entry Centennial, Ernesto Echauz, center, gestures with his crew ahead of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 23 ...