Champagne corks often pop and loud, boisterous cheers are usually heard around Constitution Dock when the Sydney to Hobart ...

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

The historical Sydney Hobart Yacht Race kicked off earlier this week. For 78 years, the renowned race has piqued the interest of dedicated sailors from all over ...

Smith hit his head on a winch after being thrown across Bowline, while Quaden was struck on the head by the boom of Flying Fish Arctos. Celebrations have been tempered on shore in Hobart ...

Western Australia's Mr Quaden, 55, was on Flying Fish Arctos when he was hit by the boat's boom - a pole along the bottom of a sail. Crew members attempted CPR at sea but neither could be saved.

Roy Quaden and Nick Smith were killed on the opening night of the 2024 edition when they were hit with onboard equipment on separate yachts in windy weather on yachts Flying Fish Arctos and ...

Around two hours later disaster struck again as another sailor on the Flying Fish Arctos was also struck by a sail boom and died. He was later identified as Roy Quaden, 55, from Western Australia ...

One individual was a 55-year-old man from Western Australia on Flying Fish Arctos, and the second was a 65-year-old from South Australia who was on Bowline. "Fly Fishing Arctos was sailing ...

Bowline’s Nick Smith and Flying Fish Arctos’s Roy Quaden were killed in separate accidents on their yachts in the opening 15 hours of the race south. LawConnect raced across the finish line on ...

A few hours later a crew member on the Flying Fish Arctos was struck by a sail boom and died. He was identified as Roy Quaden, 55, a sailor with two decades of experience from Western Australia.