Yachting - Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia, December 26, 2017. Yachts Black Jack and LDV Comanche compete at the start of the annual 630 nautical miles (1166 kilometres) Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race on Sydney Harbour. REUTERS/Steve Christo
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian super-maxi Black Jack was first out of the Sydney Heads after two of the leading contenders for line honours almost collided at the beginning of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race on Tuesday.
The Mark Bradford-helmed Black Jack, which took line honours in 2009 as Alfa Romeo, was one second ahead of LDV Comanche at the first mark and kept its slim lead as the boats rounded the Heads at the harbour entrance and headed south to Tasmania.
