The Latest Breaking News from Hobart

The Sydney Thunder have staved off swashbuckling Hobart Hurricanes captain Matthew Wade and defended their 228-run total in Saturday's Big Bash League clash.

Staff in the emergency department at the Royal Hobart Hospital are doing their best, but are working in "awful conditions" in a system that is failing them, a doctor says.

He competed as a two-handed crew on his own boat.

The skipper of Sydney to Hobart overall winner Celestial says the victory was redemption after a penalty resulted in the yacht losing top honours last year.

Celestial has been crowned overall winner of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race, taking home the Tattersall Cup after a fast and furious run down Tasmania's eastern coast.

Maritimo has capped its domination of the Melbourne to Hobart yacht race with a convincing line honours win after having to pull out of the Sydney to Hobart.

“At one stage we had the whole family standing on the dining room table while my husband was trying to chase the poor thing out with a broom."

A Hobart mum has bent down to pick up her dog's Tasmanian devil-shaped stuffed toy, when the "toy" started running, resulting in her and the kids taking refuge on the kitchen table until the animal bolted out the back door.

Organisers have put official confirmation of the Sydney to Hobart handicap winner on hold amid a claim for time redress by a yacht that helped a competitor.

A south westerly is making life tough for the Melbourne to Hobart fleet, with Maritimo holding the overall lead down the Tasmanian west coast.

Celestial is in the box seat to win the prestigious handicap honours in the Sydney to Hobart after last year losing top spot following a time penalty.