{"id":2684,"date":"2024-12-26T22:13:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2024-12-26T22:13:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:13:24","slug":"two-die-in-sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"Two die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Two people taking part in Australia&#8217;s annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Both crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a boom &#8211; the large pole attached horizontally to the bottom of a sail. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The event&#8217;s organisers said the incidents happened on the Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The first boats are expected to arrive in the city of Hobart, in Tasmania, later on Friday or early on Saturday. Several have already retired due to bad weather. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">New South Wales (NSW) police said the first incident was reported to officers just before midnight on Thursday local time (12:50 GMT) by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in the country&#8217;s capital, Canberra. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Just over two hours later, at 02:15 on Friday, NSW police were told that crew aboard the second boat were giving CPR to the second person, which also had not worked. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Flying Fish Arctos had been sailing approximately 30 nautical miles east\/south-east of the NSW town of Ulladulla, the organisers said. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Bowline, meanwhile, was approximately 30 nautical miles east\/north-east of the town of Batemans Bay, also in NSW. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Our thoughts are with the crews, family and friends of the deceased,&#8221; the organisers said in a statement. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The race, which began on Thursday, has continued.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It is not the first time there have been fatalities during the race, which was first held in 1945.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Six people, including British Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles, died in 1998 after raging storms hit competitors. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people taking part in Australia&#8217;s annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police. 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