Two sailors died in separate accidents during the first night of the Sydney to Hobart race due to being struck by the boom, a large horizontal pole at the bottom of the sail. This tragic event adds to the history of deaths at sea associated with the race.
TWO sailors on separate boats have been killed in boom accident s 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 sea. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) in Sydney, which administers the yacht race , said Friday that one sailor each on entrants Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline were killed after being struck by the boom, a large horizontal pole at the bottom of the sail.
New South Wales Police Superintendent Joe McNulty identified the two dead sailors as a 55-year-old man from Western Australia (on Flying Fish Arctos) and a 65-year-old man from South Australia (on Bowline). He said the crews on both boats, which had been seized by police for evidence, were “doing it pretty tough at the moment.” “We’ve got police talking to them, doctors and counselling. They’re assisting with our inquiries. They are shaken up by what they’ve seen…and they didn’t give up.” Flying Fish Arctos was entered in the 2024 race, but was among the 19 retirements because of the weather. With veteran sailor Ernesto Echauz at the helm, Centennial 7 was one of six international entrants and includes sailors from the Philippines’ national team and the Philippines navy. Officials later said a sailor was washed overboard on another boat, but was rescued. That crew member was from Hobart yacht Porco Rosso, and he drifted a kilometer from the yacht before being rescued. The incident triggered the crew member’s emergency position-indicating radio beacon, a safety device that must be worn by all sailors in the race. “That is one of the most terrifying experiences that you can have,” said David Jacobs, vice-commodore of the CYCA. “ it was at night, which makes it tenfold more scary.” The deaths come 26 years after six sailors were killed in storms during the 1998 running of the race, which triggered a state coronial inquest and mass reforms to the safety protocols—including the radio beacon on all sailors—that govern the race
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