Dr Saul, who has taken part in about 12 Sydney to Hobart races, said technology and race rules and regulations had improved significantly since 1998, and it was too early to suggest whether ...

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).

Calls are growing for the Sydney to Hobart race to be banned after ... were the first in the annual 628-nautical miles race since the tragic 1998 event, which claimed the lives of six sailors ...

Two sailors have died in separate incidents in the treacherous Sydney to Hobart bluewater classic, organisers said Friday, while race favourite ... were rescued in 1998, when a deep depression ...

Reigning line honours champion LawConnect has led the Sydney to Hobart ... be completed early in the race, or else the offender risks a time penalty on arrival in Hobart. Salt Lines was last ...

Porco Rosso sailor Luke Watkins recounts rescue during Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Picture: ABC News “Absolutely, what we learned from 1998, its legacy with the changes and the introduction of ...

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 ...