Sydney to Hobart race ends with the final boat sailing across the finish line

The Sydney to Hobart yacht race is over for another year. After the final boat reached Hobart this morning.

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00:00It's taken almost six days, but Salt Lines has finally made it to Hobart, becoming the

00:08last yacht to complete the race.

00:11The boat crossed the finish line just after 10 o'clock local time, and as it pulled in

00:15to the Hobart waterfront, family and friends were on hand to cheer the crew on.

00:20How does it feel to be back on dry land with your family?

00:23The land doesn't feel too dry, it's quite wobbly, but no, really good, yeah it was,

00:28obviously we're at the tail end of the fleet, so to finally get in, it's, yeah fantastic,

00:33bit of a boyhood dream to compete, so it was nice to be a part of it.

00:37The boat was the 74th to finish the 628 nautical mile race, a proud achievement for the skipper

00:44and crew.

00:45Mighty salty!

00:46Yeah!

00:47It's a big solid ship, it doesn't do well in the light winds, and you're just sitting

00:54there and yeah, it's really plays with your mind, but being here it's all worth it.

01:00It feels good, it feels really good to get here, we had a long race with a lot of, not

01:05much wind, so lots of different conditions actually, it's been great.

01:10This year's race was marred by the tragic deaths of two sailors, Nick Smith and Roy

01:14Quaden.

01:15Challenging conditions also saw a total of 30 yachts forced to retire.

01:20LawConnect claimed line honours and Celestial was deemed the overall winner.

01:25But for the crew of Salt Lines, simply finishing the race on New Year's Day is a victory, even

01:30if they've come in at the tail end of the fleet.