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 ...

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. Under blue ...

The historical Sydney Hobart Yacht Race kicked ... although the race tragically took the lives of two skilled men when they were killed by a sail boom, a horizontal spar that covers the bottom ...

Ron Epstein was a casual sailor until he decided he wanted to race ... Yacht Race, starting Thursday. “I’m not the poster child of who should be doing this,” he said. Growing up sailing ...