Yachts compete during the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day at Sydney Harbour on December 26, 2024. David Gray/AFP/Getty Images. Sydney AP — ...

Taking place annually since 1945, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race is widely considered one of the world’s most difficult. With a 722-mile route from Australia to Tasmania, participants cross the ...

This handout image taken and received from Rolex on December 26, 2024 shows yachts competing at the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day on Sydney Harbour.

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Vice Commodore David Jacobs, speaks to media following the deaths of two sailors during the Sydney Hobart yacht race at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, in ...

It's the first deaths in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race since six people died in 1998. MORE: Sydney to Hobart: How to watch famous Australian yacht race in 2024.

LawConnect, which led out of Sydney Harbor on Thursday, was leading this year's race but still had about 150 nautical miles before reaching Hobart. It could mean an overnight finish for the ...

Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht race, with gale-force winds and high seas forecast for the gruelling bluewater classic. Race crews face ...

Previously, the TP52 yacht was known as Celestial and claimed the Sydney to Hobart overall handicap victory in 2022 under Sam Haynes after being runner-up the year before.

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.

SYDNEY (AP) — 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 ...