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Agence France-Presse

Australian yacht Celestial V70 won the overall trophy for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Sunday after a blustery race overshadowed by the deaths of two sailors.
Skipper Sam Haynes opened up the champagne after he and the crew were presented in Hobart with the prestigious Tattersall Cup, awarded to the overall victors after taking into account boat size and other factors.
“We had really good conditions for this boat and also the crew that were the right guys,” said Haynes, who is commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
“But it was absolutely nuclear out there – it was so rough.”

Haynes’ victory – his second after winning in 2022 – is provisional while other boats have yet to complete the race but his position is unassailable.
High seas and gale-force winds battered the 104-strong fleet that departed a sunny Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day for the 628-nautical-mile blue water classic, first held in 1945.
Thirty yachts have so far pulled out, with more than 60 still racing at sea.
Two sailors were killed in separate incidents in rough weather on the first night.
The boom on Flying Fish Arctos hit 55-year-old Roy Quaden on the head. The main sheet on Bowline struck 65-year-old Nick Smith, whose head then collided with a winch, race organisers said.
Fellow crew members tried to revive both men but failed.

“The tragic loss of two lives – fellow competitors – it’s something that’s on the mind of myself and the crew,” Haynes said.
“We are very thoughtful about that and saddened, and we are thinking of the families of those involved.”
The two fatalities were the first in the race since 1998 when six men died, five boats sank and 55 sailors were rescued after a deep depression exploded over the fleet in Bass Strait.
LawConnect, a 100-foot supermaxi skippered by Christian Beck, was first to finish in Hobart in the early hours of Saturday, taking line honours for the second year running.
LawConnect posted a winning time of one day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds.


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Celestial sails towards the heads during the race, from which 30 yachts have so far pulled out, with more than 60 still racing at sea. Photo: EPA-EFE

Sam Haynes (centre), skipper of Celestial V70, and his crew with the Tattersalls Cup. Photo: EPA-EFE

LawConnect, a 100-foot supermaxi, was first to finish in Hobart early Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE

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LawConnect sails down the Derwent River in the early hours of the morning to finish first. Photo: AP

Tony Mutter (left) is presented with the Back Stay flag by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Vice-Commodore David Jacobs after winning line honours in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Photo: AP

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The boat won the Tattersall Cup, awarded after taking into account boat size and other factors, for the race, in which 2 sailors were killed


The boat won the Tattersall Cup, awarded after taking into account boat size and other factors, for the race, in which 2 sailors were killed.


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