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LawConnect has won the 2023 Sydney to Hobart line honours in incredible fashion, in what was the second closest finish ever.

The 100-foot supermaxi sailed into Hobart harbour just after 8am on Thursday, 51 seconds ahead of Andoo Comanche.

The closest recorded finish to the race was in 1982, when Condor Of Bermuda beat Apollo by just seven seconds.

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The race came down to the wire as the two superyachts duelled over the final few miles, and LawConnect made up significant ground to overtake and then beat Andoo Comanche before the line.

Andoo Comanche had led by as much as four kilometres only half an hour earlier. Andoo Comanche was the reigning champion.

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LawConnect and its owner Christian Beck had been runner-up in the race the past three years.

The yacht was first out of Sydney harbour, while Andoo Comanche ran into trouble and almost collided with fellow supermaxi Scallywag, which was forced to retire six hours later.

LawConnect wins the 2023 event in one day, 19 hours, three minutes and 58 seconds. Andoo Comanche took one day, 19 hours, four minutes and 49 seconds to complete the 628-nautical mile course.

Earlier, Beck had spoken as his yacht attempted to chase down Andoo Comanche, who several media outlets had already declared the line honours winner.

"You can watch where they go, and if they go slow, we go somewhere else," Beck told the broadcast.

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"We've come second three times in a row, so we really want to win...we're obviously happy to be in the Derwent too, but we'd like to be a little closer to Comanche."

LawConnect was flying a protest flag as it crossed the finish line, which confused spectators.

Sailing master Tony Mutter later explained the crew were protesting Andoo Comanche, but may not follow through with it.

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"We did notify the race committee that we were flying a protest flag... for an incident during the race that we thought affected our performance," Mutter said.

"We slowed down for half an hour… on standby for a boat we thought was in distress.

"There was no intent on their part to create that problem...we're not suggesting that at all."

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A first-day “blow out” of their best sail wasn’t enough to stop Alive from clinching a second overall victory in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race .

The Duncan Hine-skippered 66-footer arrived at Constitution Dock on Thursday atop the leaderboard on corrected handicap time. With no competitors able to beat her mark, Alive’s crew was presented with the prestigious Tattersall Cup on Saturday morning.

Alive, handicap winner in 2018, becomes just the second Tasmanian yacht with two overall titles after Westward in 1947 and 1948.

“I think she is probably the best mini-maxi around. She hasn’t dated,” Hine said. “She is still as solid as a rock. Most of the modern ones, they sustain a fair bit of damage. This girl, she’s built for it.”

Alive skipper Duncan Hines holds the Tattersall Cup for overall winner of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race

Hine said there were some anxious moments after a decision to sail further off the coast following the Boxing Day start. “We were one sail down and the best sail for the race, we blew it out on the first day,” he said. “It had done its life, we probably should have replaced it before this race.”

Hine said experienced navigator Adrienne Cahalan, who now has three overall wins to go with six lines honours victories from 31 Sydney to Hobarts, was “colossal”. “She’s got a meteorology degree ... and has more of an idea of what is happening in the systems (than others),” Hine said. “I can’t think of many guys I know that have done 31 (races). She’s stoic, she’s tough.”

The crew of Alive sitting on the yacht after finishing

Alive was fourth past the post with a time of two days, two hours, 19 minutes and four seconds, about seven hours behind line honours winner LawConnect. LawConnect pipped fellow 100ft supermaxi Andoo Comanche by just 51 seconds in the second-closest finish in race history.

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There were 39 yachts across the finish line at midday on Saturday from a starting fleet of 103. The casualty list has grown to 17 with Helsel 3 pulling the pin after diverting to Port Arthur in southern Tasmania with unspecified damage.

The fleet battled squally conditions as well as a storm on the first night of the race. A gale wind warning is in place for waters off Tasmania’s lower east and south-east coast where the majority of remaining competitors are placed.

Gunshot, a 52-footer skippered by NSW’s David Walsh, was towed by a police vessel on Friday night after earlier retiring due to mainsail damage. The crew of 10 was heading to Cape Barren Island off the northeast coast of Tasmania when they asked for a tow because they could only sail at one knot. The yacht was safely anchored off Flinders Island on Saturday morning awaiting more favourable weather.

Two-handed yacht Sylph VI, featuring skipper Bob Williams and his cat Oli, is bringing up the tail of the fleet and is not expected to arrive until the new year.

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Celestial crowned overall winner of Sydney to Hobart yacht race

Celestial skipper and owner sam haynes said he wasn't expecting to claim the title, labelling the feat a "lifetime achievement"..

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Overall Winner Contenders line up behind the Tattersall Cup | Andrea Francolini

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2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Overall Winners Contenders Conference

Sam Haynes dismisses the notion that there is a target on his back as the owner/skipper of the defending overall Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race champion boat  Celestial.   Asked on Wednesday as he sat among a panel of contenders for this year’s race that starts at 1pm Tuesday – Boxing Day – he instead pointed to his right, at the Tattersall Cup.   “The target is there … we’ve got a beautiful trophy,” Haynes said at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney today.   “We’ve got the Rolex watch (awarded to both the overall and line honours winner each year). There’s the honour of winning the race … that is the target.   “We’re all trying for the same thing. I don’t think anyone’s going to set up their boat specifically to try and challenge my boat.   “We all know where boats have their strengths and weaknesses. And we all work on trying to improve the weaknesses and maintain strengths at the same time.”

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The Tattersall Cup is one of the most coveted trophies in the world of ocean racing. Every skipper in the Sydney Hobart fleet dreams of holding it. Celestial,  a TP52, is one of a number of previous overall winners in this year’s race. Others include  Alive, Bumblebee V, Love & War  and the Farr 43  Wild Oats . In a race riddled with so much uncertainty, pinpointing an outright favourite for the overall win is fraught with risk. No skipper will embrace the title as favourite. That is certainly the case this year, with the long range weather forecast more uncertain than usual. This year’s 628 nautical mile race could see any number of boats win. Celestial  is a real contender: “We have had a lot of expectation from the last two years. To back that up is a massive challenge,” Haynes admitted. “Since last year we have made some modifications to the rigging that could help in upwind conditions, but we do prefer hard downwind running,” he said.

One of  Celestial ’s big challengers is the Botin 52,  Caro . It is a world class offshore campaigner that placed third to  Celestial  last year in its Sydney Hobart debut. Skippered by Max Klink,  Caro  has won the Rolex Fastnet Race this year. On the Sydney Hobart, he said, “Maybe the forecast will show a bit more of a mix. That might be better for us.” Hoping for tougher conditions is Anthony Johnston, owner of the Reichel/Pugh 72  URM Group , which has raced superbly this season. “If it’s light conditions, it will favour the smaller boats and TP52s, but if it’s heavy, we will be in a very good position [to contend for the win] ,” Johnston said.

Owner and skipper of Atomic Blonde, Simon Torvaldsen | Andrea Francolini

Given the right conditions, the small boats could also be in with a chance of challenging.   Simon Torvaldsen, owner/skipper of the newly built JPK 11.80, At omic Blonde , said limited time on the water since its October launch may be its biggest threat.   “Under the right circumstances, if all goes well, it’s in with a chance,” Torvaldsen said. “But I have to admit … we just cannot be as well prepared as the guys who’ve been spending the last year or two tuning and testing their boats.”   Marc Michel, owner of the Kiwi two-handed Dehler 30OD,  Niksen , said their boat is as well prepared as it can be. He and co-skipper, Logan Fraser, sailed it from New Zealand to Sydney for the race.   Launched two years ago and now with 5,0000 sea miles of racing to its record,  Niksen  also sailed in the CYCA’s recent Cabbage Tree Island Race.   Michel, as with most skippers, said the priority will be to finish first in the Two-Handed division and then see how they place overall in that division before assessing their overall prospects in the open fleet.   “We have to focus first on the two-handed division. For anyone who finishes, let alone place, that is an enormous achievement,” Michel said.

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Tasmania votes: Here's what you need to know for the 2024 state election

Tasmanians have cast their vote today to decide which, if any, major political party can form government.

A record number of people voted early — more than 26 per cent of about 400,000 enrolled voters for this election.

Polls closed at 6pm and the counting has started.

Opinion polls before election day had suggested neither the Liberals nor Labor would secure enough support to form majority government in the expanded 35-seat lower house.

The Tasmanian Electoral Commission said a final count may not be known until April 8.

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How many people have already voted?

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Does the way I vote have to change with more seats?

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Voters turn out in Braddon

At the polling booth at Devonport's Reece High School in the electorate of Braddon, voters trickled steadily through the doors on Saturday morning.

For local voter Steven Turley, Tasmania's housing crisis is personal.

"Our family has battled for the past 10 years. We've been homeless three times," he says.

"We've felt the full force of that crisis."

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Mr Turley and his family have a home now, but he will be voting with housing as well as health and education at the top of his mind.

Outside the polling booth, he wasn't sure how he would vote, but he hoped for a majority government so it could tackle the big issues.

Locals Layken and Paige Farrugia are voting with their young kids in mind.

Health and education are big topics for them.

"The major parties are prioritising the stadium over healthcare understaffing at hospitals," Mr Farrugia said.

"Imagine what that money could do for the health system."

Ms Farrugia hopes something will change after the election.

"We vote for the same people all the time and nothing's changing," she says.

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Party leaders cast their votes

After five and a half weeks of campaigning, Tasmanian political candidates have reached the finish line. 

The majority of more than 400,000 enrolled Tasmanians will cast their votes today, deciding which, if any, major political party can form majority government.

Liberal leader Jeremy Rockliff was out at Sassafras with his mum this morning to celebrate her birthday before dropping in to a polling booth in his Braddon electorate.

"We're still working hard to achieve that majority," Mr Rockliff said.

"I know our candidates will be working around their electorates respectfully, today on polling day as well, to see if we could achieve that majority.

"I'm proud, particularly of our candidates. [They're a] great bunch of people from all walks of life."

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Labor's Rebecca White was the first of the major party leaders to cast a vote, heading to Sorell's Memorial Hall in her electorate of Lyons at 9am.

Ms White said she was proud of the campaign the party had run and she felt there was a "mood for change" on the ground.

"[The Liberals] have been, I think, caught on the hop a little bit. And that's ironic, even though they called the election early," she said.

"I do honestly believe that Labor has set this agenda this election campaign. I'm proud of our campaign. I'm proud of our candidates.

"I think our policies really will help to deliver a good government for Tasmania, if we are elected."

The Labor leader will be hoping it is third time lucky when the voting booths close, after losing at the 2018 and 2021 state elections.

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At Warrane Public School on Hobart's eastern shore, Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff said there was a mood for change which she was confident would be reflected in the polls and put the Greens in the balance of power.

"So many Tasmanians have put their voices behind the issues that the Greens have been campaigning for," she said.

"We've really put the issues on the agenda for the campaign. If it wasn't for the Greens we wouldn't have been talking about free public transport, renters' rights, short-stay regulations and real fixes for the health system."

Ms Woodruff said what she had been hearing was that people want a different way of doing things and they wanted people who would fight for them.

"They want respectful politics," she said. "They want action. They want people who are prepared to sit down and collaborate. They want solutions."

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Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie joined fellow Jacqui Lambie Network party members at a Devonport polling booth, where she was questioned on her party's decision to not announce lead candidates.

"We don't have lead candidates because we only have three in each electorate running. I'm not sure what a lead candidate is," she said.

"It's really unfair to put a lead candidate out and concentrate on them and ask others to run. You've got to give everybody a fair chance."

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Fancy a Jacqui 'Lamb'ington with that?

Voters in the Hobart suburb of Mt Nelson have been able to to munch on a politically themed bickie while mulling over their vote and queuing outside the Mt Nelson Primary School hall ahead of putting pencil to paper.

From the Sue Hickey Sticky Toffee Cake to the "Madeleine" Ogilvie, few sitting politicians and candidates from across Tasmania's political sphere have escaped the school's sugary treatment. 

Amanda Avens, a parent at the school and chief fundraiser, said the school was well known for its tongue-in-cheek cake stall.

"We've had some great things like the Jacqui lamingtons and the Simon Behra'Kiss' biscuits," Ms Avens said.

"We just keep that tradition going and we'll try to be creative with all the new pollies that come through to add to that list."

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Final remarks as voters head to the ballot box

Liberal leader Jeremy Rockliff, who called the election more than a year earlier than scheduled due to governing in minority, is attempting to be elected as premier in his own right for the first time.

He urged voters to elect a majority Liberal government for the fourth straight time.

"We have done a lot. There's more to do. There's a lot at risk," he said.

Labor Leader Rebecca White is hoping it's third time lucky after losing at the 2018 and 2021 elections.

In a letter to members on Friday, she said voters had a clear choice.

"Between a tired, decade-old Liberal government that is focused on the wrong priorities. Or a Labor government that is ready to take urgent action to ease the cost of living, repair the health system and get more people into affordable housing."

As voters head to the polls, the ABC took a look at what people need to know.

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Let's start with the big one. When will we have a result?

It'll take some time to know exactly what Tasmania's next parliament will look like.

ABC chief election analyst Antony Green said we'll have a pretty good idea about whether the Liberals or Labor can govern in majority on election night, but there will likely be a handful of contests where the winner is unclear.

According to Electoral Commissioner Andrew Hawkey, it could take more than two weeks until the final result is formally declared.

With Tasmania's lower house — the House of Assembly — expanding to 35 seats, there's more MPs who will be elected, and more candidates contesting the available spots. And with an Easter break in the middle of the process, less time to count.

"Due to the increased number of candidates and the need to elect seven rather than five candidates, it is expected that this will add at least one day to the Hare-Clark process," Mr Hawkey said. 

"Therefore, final outcomes and results may not be known until the week commencing Monday April 8."

As of Friday morning, 66,352 people had cast their votes at the 14 early voting centres around the state.

It's expected that will end up totalling close to 80,000, smashing the previous pre-poll record of 69,664 at the 2021 election.

Mr Hawkey said about 20,000 of the 29,000 postal voting forms sent out had already been returned, and more than 2,000 interstate and overseas voters had cast their ballots for the first time over the phone. 

All up, it means more than a quarter of enrolled Tasmanians have already voted in advance of polling day.

How many candidates are contesting the election?

There are 167 candidates, a Tasmanian record. The largest number are in Lyons, with 36 candidates. There are 35 in Clark, 33 in Braddon, 32 in Bass and 31 in Franklin.

I didn't vote early. Where do I go today?

There are 255 polling places around the state. No matter where you are in Tasmania, you can make your voice heard, and maybe have a democracy sausage while you're at it.

There's a list of polling places in the three daily newspapers, and you can also find it here .  

It sure does. Instead of numbering at least five boxes for your vote to count, you now have to do at least seven. And Mr Hawkey recommends doing more than that, to ensure that your vote counts.

There's nothing stopping you numbering every box, to get that satisfying feeling of putting your least-liked candidate last.

Just remember to give your favourite candidate a number one, and to fill out at least seven boxes.

Does the vote counting pause on Sunday?

Normally, yes. This time it might continue, depending on how much progress is made on election night.

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