The annual event — the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is its official name — is ... the average across the fleet being 10 to 11 people on a yacht. The head of the crew is the skipper and ...

Two people competing in the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died following two separate, tragic incidents. New South Wales Police reported that around 11:50pm on December 26, a crew member ...

Taking place annually since 1945, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race is widely considered one ... In its nearly 80-year history, 13 people have died during the famous competition, with six sailors ...

There are no known injuries on board. Rich people and their toys, a real test of sailing skill, or a bit of both? The Sydney Hobart yacht race explained. Strong north-easterly winds are still ...

Two people taking part in Australia's annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police. Both crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a ...

It's the first deaths in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race since six people died in 1998. Water police are investigating the two incidents involving vessels Flying Fish Arctos (NSW) and Bowline (SA).

They’re the cowboys and cowgirls of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Playing hurt is expected ... the sails myself or with another one or two people.” It’s not a small boat, however ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors ... The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, which administers the yacht race, has said that one sailor each on ...

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 ... administers the yacht race, said Friday ...

So that may have contributed to the deaths of those people today,” he said ... The annual Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, inaugurated in 1945, is considered one of the world’s most ...