Race organisers say one of the sailors, Nick Smith from South Australia, was hit by his boat's mainsheet and thrown across the boat, hitting his head on the winch, and he was not hit by the sail boom ...

There have been 13 fatalities in the 79-year history of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, with four dying from heart attacks.

Two sailors tragically lost their lives in separate incidents during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, marking the first ...

Two sailors on separate boats have been killed in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual ...

Two sailors were tragically killed in separate incidents during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, marking the first fatalities ...

The Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been hit with a double tragedy after two sailors from separate boats died overnight. A ...

Nick Smith, 65, from South Australia, was a crew member on Bowline when he was also struck by his yacht’s boom around 30nm ...

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney said Friday that one sailor each on entrants Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline ...

Two experienced sailors were killed in similar but separate incidents in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organisers and local authorities said on Friday, the first loss of life in the prestigious ...

The men were hit in the head by booms on their yachts in separate episodes, as participants faced challenging weather ...