October 27, 2026 — 7:09pm

Five-time Sydney to Hobart-winning supermaxi Comanche will compete in the 2026 race with a new name, owner and crew after celebrity accountant Anthony Bell announced his return to the bluewater classic with an all-star operation led by sailing superstar Tom Slingsby.

Bell will compete in this year’s Sydney-Hobart a decade after his last appearance, in 2016, after purchasing Comanche – the current race record holder and last year’s winner – and relaunching her as Tribeca Loyal at the Deckhouse restaurant in Sydney’s affluent Harbourside suburb of Woolwich on Tuesday.

Tom Slingsby and Anthony Bell aboard Loyal on Tuesday. Janie Barrett

Bell won line honours in 2011 with Loyal and again in 2016 as Perpetual Loyal.…