The crew members died after being struck by the sail boom, a horizontal pole which holds down the sails, in separate incidents on the first night of the annual race from Sydney to Hobart ...

Two sailors have died in separate incidents in the treacherous Sydney to Hobart bluewater classic, organisers said Friday, while race favourite Comanche was forced to retire. Both crew members ...

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 ...

Richard Malcolm Hobart, born June 22, 1926, joined his “Dolly”, Patricia Parker Hobart on November 21, 2024.Please join The Cosmo-Hobart family to celeb Richard Malcolm Hobart Obituary ...

Australia's Celestial V70 won the overall trophy for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Sunday, after the bluewater classic was overshadowed by the deaths of two sailors in treacherous ...

Two sailors on separate boats have been killed in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event’s long history of deaths ...

A memorial service has been held on the Hobart waterfront in memory of two sailors who died in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Nick Smith, 65, and Roy Quaden, 55, were remembered as embracing ...

SYDNEY (AP) — There have been plenty of “firsts” in the history of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race which was first held in 1945. An all-Filipino crew of 15 sailors will make it another when ...

Sydney (AFP) – Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht race, with gale-force winds and high seas forecast for the gruelling bluewater classic.

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 ...

Two sailors died after being struck by sail booms in separate incidents during the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race as crews grappled with treacherous conditions across the notorious Bass Strait.

The annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race faced tragedy in its opening hours as two sailors died in separate accidents amid challenging weather conditions off Australia's coast. Race officials ...