LawConnect and Master Lock Comanche fight for line honours win [Video]

The rules of sailing say competitors must conduct themselves with good manners and sportsmanship. So, with tongue almost bursting through cheek, millionaire entrepreneur and LawConnect skipper Christian Beck took a shot at the man he plans to beat to Hobart.

“I’m actually pretty pissed off [at] these two skippers from [Master Lock] Comanche because they’ve copied my strategy from last year,” Beck said at a Rolex Sydney to Hobart press conference on Tuesday. “Last year, I did nothing and let the pro crews do it, and won the race. These guys, in all these lead-up races, they’re doing nothing … and they’re winning.”

Seated to his right, unsure whether to smile or scowl, was James Mayo, co-skipper of Comanche, the fastest yacht in the fleet that somehow lost to Beck by just 51 seconds last year. Seconds …