The tear happened as his yacht Vulnerable gybed (swinging a sail or boom) twice under autopilot, which controls the boat's ...

It came about 24 hours after two sailors died on separate boats in sail boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the race. LawConnect, a 100-foot super maxi skippered by ...

The 2024 turnout was no different, although the race tragically took the lives of two skilled men when they were killed by a sail boom, a horizontal spar that covers the bottom edge of a sail.

A boom is a pole fixed at the bottom of the sail. “The Sydney to Hobart is an Australian tradition, and it is heartbreaking that two lives have been lost at what should be a time of joy ...