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    The Sydney To Hobart yacht race is known among sailors as “Hell On High Seas” for good reason. The race normally starts in Sydney with sunshine and moderate winds but as the yachts sail south winds become stronger and seas larger. Bass Straight, the body of water between the Australian mainland and Tasmania is in the “roaring forties” that part of the Southern Ocean where winds blow around Antartica, often with hurricane force. This image is of the yacht Aspect Computing reduced to a small sail as it battles the monstrous seas of the 1998 race. That year saw 6 sailors lose their life including UK Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles. As numerourous yachts were dismasted and one broke apart and sank, as many as 7 airforce aircraft were involved in plucking sailors from damaged vessels. In addition to the deaths another sailor lost his fingers, and another suffered head injuries in the waves that participant, former UK Prime Minister and 1969 Sydney Hobart winner Edward Heath described as “40 foot waves with 90 mile an hour winds”.The Sydney To Hobart has a reputation as the most dangerous yacht race in the world. There were deaths in the 1984 and 1989 races. In 1993 2 boats sank and 66 of the 105 yachts competing failed to make it to Hobart. In 2002 2 sailors were swept overboard in high seas and were rescued in dramatic fashion, and in a separate incident 2 yachts collided. In 2003 a yacht capsized.  

    The Sydney To Hobart yacht race is known among sailors as “Hell On High Seas” for good reason. The race normally starts in Sydney with sunshine and moderate winds but as the yachts sail south winds become stronger and seas larger. Bass Straight, the body of water between the Australian mainland and Tasmania is in the “roaring forties” that part of the Southern Ocean where winds blow around Antartica, often with hurricane force. This image is of the yacht Aspect Computing reduced to a small sail as it battles the monstrous seas of the 1998 race. That year saw 6 sailors lose their life including UK Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles. As numerourous yachts were dismasted and one broke apart and sank, as many as 7 airforce aircraft were involved in plucking sailors from damaged vessels. In addition to the deaths another sailor lost his fingers, and another suffered head injuries in the waves that participant, former UK Prime Minister and 1969 Sydney Hobart winner Edward Heath described as “40 foot waves with 90 mile an hour winds”.

    The Sydney To Hobart has a reputation as the most dangerous yacht race in the world. There were deaths in the 1984 and 1989 races. In 1993 2 boats sank and 66 of the 105 yachts competing failed to make it to Hobart. In 2002 2 sailors were swept overboard in high seas and were rescued in dramatic fashion, and in a separate incident 2 yachts collided. In 2003 a yacht capsized.