The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney 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.

One of the Sydney to Hobart racers that lost a crew member has docked at Jervis Bay in southern NSW as organisers pledged the race would continue despite two deaths overnight. Vice Commodore David Jacobs,

Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retirements.