Organizers say two sailors have died in Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid wild weather conditions - Organizers said that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that

The annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, which starts on Thursday, takes sailors on a 628-nautical mile race that exits Sydney Harbor and plunges south along the New South Wales coastline before crossing Bass Strait, rounding Tasman Island, crossing Tasmania’s Storm Bay and pushing up the River Derwent to Hobart.

Two people on separate yachts have died during the Sydney to Hobart race overnight. At about 11.50pm, police were told a crew member on board a yacht had been struck by a sail boom. Crew members performed CPR but the injured person did not survive.

Two sailors have been killed during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid a night of tough weather conditions that hit the fleet.