‘Complete surprise’: LawConnect owner celebrates Sydney to Hobart line honours win

LawConnect owner and skipper Christian Beck says his team’s line honours win in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was a “complete surprise”. 'LawConnect' crossed the finish line just after 8:00am on Thursday after being neck and neck up the Derwent River with Comanche. “They took the lead pretty close to the line – we thought there was no way we could get it back,” Mr Beck said. “We thought we’d definitely lost it 15 minutes before because they were three miles ahead of us.” Wild weather saw 11 yachts retire from the race.