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. The race will continue as the fleet continues its passage to Constitution Dock in Hobart,

Two people on separate yachts participating in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race have died after they were each struck by sail booms on the NSW coast.The first participant was on the Flying Fish Arctos and died just before midnight on Thursday.

Two people have died in separate incidents during the famed Sydney to Hobart yacht race overnight. Police were notified shortly before midnight on Thursday by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in Canberra that a crew member onboard a yacht had been struck by a sail boom.