CNN23d
Organizers say two sailors have died in Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid wild weather conditions
Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retirements.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation23d
Sydney to Hobart organiser says race won't be cancelled following two deaths overnight
The Sydney to Hobart yacht race's first night was a tragic one, with two competitors dying in separate incidents. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) identified the men as 65-year-old ...
Sydney Morning Herald22d
Two men killed in Sydney to Hobart race were ‘experienced’ sailors
The other, aboard Bowline, died just after 2am. The two sailors who died in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race have been named as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden. The men, on two separate boats ...
Sydney Morning Herald23d
Sydney to Hobart 2024 Day 1 as it happened: Wild start to an unpredictable race
The media boat has safely docked in Rushcutters Bay to a collective sigh of relief. The boat was divided neatly into two sections: the seasoned members of the sailing press, and those like myself ...
Chicago Tribune26d
Hobart man guilty in Chesterton bartender’s death dies in state prison
Christopher M. Dillard, 58, of Hobart, was sentenced to 65 years in the Indiana Department of Correction in the death of Nicole Gland, 23, of Portage. Dillard was a bouncer at the Upper Deck ...
The New York Times27d
An American Follows His Sailing Passion to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
By Kimball Livingston A slow epiphany brought Ron Epstein and his boat to Australia as the only U.S. entry in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, starting Thursday. “I’m not the poster child ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation24d
Law Connect leads Sydney to Hobart yacht race after shock Master Lock Comanche retirement
Master Lock Comanche has retired in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, leaving Law Connect to lead the fleet and possibly break the record. As of 1:30am AEDT, Law Connect led Celestial V70 by 9 ...
Fox Sports25d
Sydney to Hobart sailors set for fast start and wild first night at sea in gale-force winds
Skippers of the supermaxi yachts in the Sydney-Hobart bluewater classic are bracing ... particularly along the southern parts of the New South Wales coast on Thursday,” she said.
Couriermail21d
Sydney to Hobart yacht race: Live race updates, latest weather news
When LawConnect raced across the finish line on the Derwent River around 2.35am on Saturday the 100-footer owned by Christian Beck - suffering a suspected bout of food poisoning and raced off the ...
Fox Sports23d
Decision to continue Sydney to Hobart defended as victims identified, further details emerge
Two sailors have been killed in separate incidents in the treacherous Sydney to Hobart bluewater classic, officials said Friday, as a string of yachts limped out of a race fleet battered by ...
Sky23d
Two sailors die on separate yachts during Sydney to Hobart race - as 15 other boats withdraw
Both were taking part in the 722-mile Sydney to Hobart yacht race and died overnight, race organisers Rolex said in a statement. They said one sailor each on the entrants Flying Fish Arctos and ...