Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht race ... conditions," Allen said ahead of the race. "The really small boats are really going to cop ...

The sight of dozens of yachts zigzagging around Sydney Harbour's blue water on Boxing Day has competed with the cricket for ...

Devon sailor Meg Niblett on her preparation for the 2024 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, deemed to have been the youngest ever ...

Maritimo Katwinchar, built in 1904, will become the oldest boat in the ocean race ... Sydney-Hobart veteran Michael Spies. Kismet, launched in 1955, is the second oldest and at 9.3 metres the ...

The annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race ... “It’s a tougher race in a small boat,” said Nixon, who prefers racing with amateur crews aboard smaller boats than racing with professionals.

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 the annual ocean ...

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 at ...

Tragedy has hit the Sydney-Hobart yacht race with ... both were hit by their boat's boom during the separate incidents. Despite the deaths, the race will still continue with difficult but not ...

They’re the cowboys and cowgirls of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Playing hurt is expected ... He worked his way up from small boats to the glory wagons, then sailed enough Hobart races ...

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.