And they get paid accordingly. Imagine me welding and all the risks involved for the aluminum company I work for and it’s owner. I’m not crying, I get a fair pay
Yup, things can go wrong very quickly. I was standing up near the boom on my Dad's yacht while we were trying to get the sails in before coming in to the mariner. It was very windy, around 25-30 knots. We had an accidental gybe and the boom suddenly swung towards me. I grabbed it with my arms as the alternative would've been a blow to my head. It smashed me into the corner of the seat cowling with such force on my lower back/hip that I was sure I had broken my back. I could see my Dad was shitting himself as he saw how badly I got bashed. We got back into dock with me motionless in agony. To my complete surprise, I ended up ok without any fracture, but it was a super scary moment. We're always so careful of the boom but it's amazing how it can still catch you out with a tiny moment of inattention or when an accidental gybe happens. My condolences to the families and friends affected by this tragic loss.
@@jonasbaine3538 reversing the boat, and I was reversing way too quickly and the tiller swung across the cockpit and wiped me across to the other side and pinned me. Embarassing and happened so quickly I didnt react in time. A painful lesson to take my time and use my brain with a heavy boat. Our other 45 footer has a wheel so less likely to cause that type of injury. With sailing things either happen really slow or quickly lol. Had a few accidental jibes as well but nobody killed yet doing that. An amazing sport regardless of the risks.
I've never raced but I imagine they don't use preventers on their booms as it would slow the jibe process. I would think a boom brake however would not, and it might save a life.
I was only reviewing the 1998 race and the deaths. 6 that year and 9 over the history of the race. I thought gee that’s not a bad record (excepting the 1998 year) overall….. then wake up to this. So sad.
Even the 1998 winning boat (owned by Oracle's Larry Ellison) incurred multiple crew injuries, including Oracle's then local boss who broke his leg and was on crutches for months.Even on a 3000 tonne warship, I found those 100 foot Tasman waves scary.
@@hayloft3834 looks like 13 in total….. Mike Bannister (Winston Churchill, 1998), Glyn Charles (Sword of Orion, 1998), Ray Crawford (Billabong, 1988), John Dean (Winston Churchill, 1998), Bruce Guy (Business Post Naiad, 1998), Jim Lawler (Winston Churchill, 1998), Roy Quaden (Flying Fish Arctos, 2024), Wally Russell (Yahoo II, 1984), John Sarney (Inca, 1973), Phillip Skeggs (Business Post Naiad, 1998), Nick Smith (Bowline, 2024), Peter Taylor (BP Flying Colours, 1989) and Hugh (Barry) Vallance (Zilvergeest III, 1975)
The victims got smashed in the head by the boom...what other information do you need. If you have nothing respectful to say...shut up!! Seriously...!!!!
I nearly got hit by the boom on the seventy foot schooner I was sailing on in the pacific. If I it had hit me I would’ve been gone . Sad to hear of this
@ yep , this one was a big timber one . The wind had dropped and then suddenly it picked up from another direction, but not from the direction I was looking at, I heard it coming and managed to duck just in time. Sad that two people were killed, both on the same day and on two different boats.
@ no not a hero. People don’t realise how getting hit with a boom can be dangerous. Depending on the size and the conditions. Sailing can be dangerous and when you are in the middle of a massive storm at sea hundreds of miles from shore even more so.
We're such a feartull and emotional country now, watch as people cry to ban the sport.. accidents happen even to professionals, God bless them and their families. May they Rest Peacefully.
Hit the by the boom on 2 seperate boats!? Surely this can only be inexperience. Incredibly sad news. Maybe this is a wake up call to skippers to only take seasoned sailors on such an extreme race. Sydney Hobart race is not a leisure cruise it’s a very serious dangerous ocean race with wild swell, weather and wind changes.
Unfortunately boom strikes are pretty common in a competitive environment. If you are interested in artificial intelligence at all it was set back 10-20 years when Frank Rosenblatt was killed by a boom strike while out sailing.
Wait. Wait. Two people in two separate incidents killed after being him by the boom? What is going on? Were they having to jibe a lot at night? That's crazy.
@@charleskoehler9873 No he did not, the moment you fail to respect the power of Old Man Sea you're dead. Sad to hear the news but we haven't lost anyone since 1998.
There is an implication in the statement that a lack of respect for the sea played a role in the accidents. There is no basis for that ; this is why I called the statement meaningless. I sailed for 50+ years. Sailing is a dynamic undertaking, great forces at work. Wringing our hands ashore via the keyboard will not help those unfortunate victims. Accidents happen. That’s a bitter fact of life.
Just wondering, every sail boat I've crewed on the helmsman shouts a warning when changing tack or coming about. Are the people who died experienced racers?
Sailing is not for the faint hearted. It’s hard, it can be dangerous. However, the call of the ocean is always there. My heartfelt thoughts are with the families.
Higher boom = higher centre of effort. There are safety issues with that as well. It would also most likely reduce the amount of sail area a yacht could carry.
@@Susan-fg9jb You're thinking about 'centre of effort', efficiency, sail area, speed, design etc etc.....and that's also the sort of thinking that gets people killed. Let the boats go slower and save lives!
@@ickster23 No need to ban racing, and like they had to do with Formular One motor racing, make it safer, apply the rule to all entrants, level playing-field and all that, higher booms so no one's scull gets caved in by it!
@@TomTremayne Making the boom higher creates other issues, for example, it would take less force to knock the boat down. There is no perfect solution. Everything has pros and cons. Every sport has dangers even with all the safety precautions even Formula One. Yacht racing has made changes to make it safer. Look into the changes made after the FastNet disaster and the 98 Sydney Hobart.
@@hayloft3834: I have a friend, a Londoner, whose surname is ‘Jervis’ and that’s exactly how he and his family pronounce it. I have 2 other friends, Scots, with the surname ‘Ready’. One family pronounces it ‘reedy’ and the other ‘reddy’. Personal name pronunciations should always be the choice of the name holder not some random strangers. Just my opinion.
Omg 🤯😨 when mum explained to me that the waters between Sydney and hobart are dangerous and wont be long until someone dies…. I didn’t expect it to happen a few hours later
So this is great you have firsthand knowledge of the incidents and have determined that helmets would have prevented the injuries. Please contact the media direct and go public immediately. We need more heroes like you to step up and save lives, thank you for your service.
Basically, they were hit by a ton or two of force somewhere above the waistline. Remember the force of the boom is not just the weight of boom but also the weight of the wind in the sail driving the boom to swing from one side of the boat to the other.
@@jacquesjacobs6871 : So it does not look like they'll break the record. They certainly looked like it was possible early on, they were flying. Thanks again.
@@buildmotosykletist1987 in deed it doesn't look like it no. They were flying doen the coast but when the wind changed around the corner they slowed down a lot. That might also be what caught them off guard when the booms swung. 😬
At that point in the night they were most likely still sailing downwind. An accidental tube can come out of no where. These boat are pushing hard for every sliver and speed. These are tragic accidents and I am sure there will be questions asked, but to suggest it was negligence by the skippers is premature and not helpful.
I watched a video about a couple who died on an ocean crossing. Their guests survived. It was an unexpected, probably rogue wave, that caused the boat to suddenly shift and the boom slam across.
@@rexcowan9209 And it is not just the boom. The mainsheet, depending on its location, can also be a huge hazard in an accidental gybe. There was an accident off the east coast of the US where I believe a wife and husband were killed and I think it was the mainsheet that killed the wife. Raising the boom would not solve that problem.
Its disappointing that we hear from the prime minister on how sad this is ( yes any loss of life is) as though it is something special but people lose their lives on our roads, or doing their jobs etc every day and you hear nothing from him, to put it into perspective, its a very dangerous event, sport event that people purely choose to risk their lives for, I'm sorry but it does not get my sympathy vote getting hurt or killed doing something you didn't have to do that you knew was extremely risky and dangerous, there needs to be some recognition here of risk versus reward, how about some open and honest reporting, did the crews of these vessels have to sign a waiver, if not are they a paid crew and the employer has put them in an unsafe workplace position, its one or the other i would guess. At some point its either accepted its at ones own risk or too risky and be honest about it. I support freedom of choice but i dont support the sympathy vote when poor choices have consequences, the old "at least they were doing something they loved" cop out does not wash with me for those left reeling in the aftermath, its so clique, my heart goes out to the ones left to deal with someones choices especially those that now feel they were not important enough to be put first !
It's the rigid bar at the bottom of the mainsail. That's the one behind the mast. Basically it's a huge swinging weight that swings across the entire rear of the boat and DEMANDS complete respect.
@gidduup424 That is a possibility, it could also have hit them in the chest or neck. Neither of those possibilities are really survivable either. All we know is they were hit by the boom, and despite all attempts by the crew to save them, they died of their injuries.
@@gregfawcett5152There's been two high profile tragedies already this year with mis rugged preventers. Those events killed a total of 5 people on two yachts. While I know this is a race, I've always sailed vessels I've skippered on more of a broad reach rather than running downwind, especially if the crew is inexperienced.
People need to calm foen and relax. Sure this is sad - and respects to the famalies... but its simply an anomoly. A race like this will occassionaly have an incident. Talking about bans etc!? I mean noone forces people to race, they know the risks and its well known that over the 80 or so years a few people have died doing what they enjoy. More people die playing soccer -do we ban soccer? Im kinda sick of these fairies calling for bans on everything the second they feel like getting upset. These people yearn to have something to complain or bung on about...
How was someone in position to be hit by the boom? That boom hitting a person is like hitting nothing with the power in them. That should be #1 danger zone normally I would think, especially in heavy weather with lots of wind which means lots of power. Think of the wind power in that boom to make a large boat go this fast. The loads are high. Look at what happened to Pip Hare with her mast coming down. That is power.
So sorry to hear this. This is never the news you want to give to their families. Send my condolences to the team, and family who has supported them, and wish them all the best. 🙏🙌💟🇦🇺
@SeeBird686 captains killing crew boats pull out all the time maybe the hundreds of millions of dollar boats are still floating around out there sailing is for cock heads with too much money and no friends see if they still doing this crap in another 20 years lol the sport will die with the old ass captain's you see
@ChickityChicken nope, people sail all around the world, have for all of history my boat was free, and my brother's 24 ft sailboat ⛵ he got for $150! You're not as smart as you think you are nameless Sherlock Karen ❄️ are you? Maybe try this thing called the Internet and see what bargains you can find. You're first 🌎 or you wouldn't be on here, so shut your 🥧 🕳️ hypocrite!
Then the organisers need to be held accountable ! If the winds were that bad and at least a dozen boats retired, that should have been common sense that the race should have been stopped.
The crews are under no obligation to finish the race, they make the decision to continue to race. If there were no official race, people would still do the race. If you cancel the race due to weather, the boats are still out in it, they don't magically teleport back to port, going on is often just as good an option as heading for port in these conditions. Personal responsibility, they do it because they love it, same as Isle of Mann, rock climbing, scuba diving, caving, parachuting, horse riding, skiing, motor racing or clubbing on a Saturday night. People do dangerous things, because they love it, because they choose to do so, we don't need a nanny state that makes this choice for us.
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Prayers to all affected. These crews work hard for the yacht owners in these competitions.
And they get paid accordingly. Imagine me welding and all the risks involved for the aluminum company I work for and it’s owner. I’m not crying, I get a fair pay
How do you know it wasn't an amateur vessel, not all the boats are multi million dollar rich man's playthings..
Zzzzzzz. Are you really praying?
We do it knowing the risks.... not for the owners
This is terrible to hear.
God bless the families with healed hearts.
God can't be found with a search warrant.
Prayers for their families! I am sorry for their loss!
Easy to be injured sailing. Broke a leg last year and the wife had to single hand the yacht until things got sorted and I passed out down below.
You fell ? What happened??
Yup, things can go wrong very quickly. I was standing up near the boom on my Dad's yacht while we were trying to get the sails in before coming in to the mariner. It was very windy, around 25-30 knots. We had an accidental gybe and the boom suddenly swung towards me. I grabbed it with my arms as the alternative would've been a blow to my head. It smashed me into the corner of the seat cowling with such force on my lower back/hip that I was sure I had broken my back. I could see my Dad was shitting himself as he saw how badly I got bashed. We got back into dock with me motionless in agony. To my complete surprise, I ended up ok without any fracture, but it was a super scary moment. We're always so careful of the boom but it's amazing how it can still catch you out with a tiny moment of inattention or when an accidental gybe happens.
My condolences to the families and friends affected by this tragic loss.
@@jonasbaine3538 reversing the boat, and I was reversing way too quickly and the tiller swung across the cockpit and wiped me across to the other side and pinned me. Embarassing and happened so quickly I didnt react in time. A painful lesson to take my time and use my brain with a heavy boat. Our other 45 footer has a wheel so less likely to cause that type of injury. With sailing things either happen really slow or quickly lol. Had a few accidental jibes as well but nobody killed yet doing that. An amazing sport regardless of the risks.
How about a minimum boom height regulation? Sail area is important, but not that important
I've never raced but I imagine they don't use preventers on their booms as it would slow the jibe process. I would think a boom brake however would not, and it might save a life.
RIP Sailors! 😢
How sad.
Very sad to hear ✝️❤️
Those booms swing around so fast.
The booms themselves are not exactly light, but they are also being driven through that swing by the wind.
Getting hit by one is 100% a serious event.
Sad. Now Albanese will ban sail boats.
Bro this ain't america, p155 off with ya political bs
Ain’t America…😂😂
I was only reviewing the 1998 race and the deaths. 6 that year and 9 over the history of the race. I thought gee that’s not a bad record (excepting the 1998 year) overall….. then wake up to this. So sad.
9 have drowned, not 9 have died. I know of one that died of a heart attack back in 1967 from memory, how many others from causes other than drowning?
Even the 1998 winning boat (owned by Oracle's Larry Ellison) incurred multiple crew injuries, including Oracle's then local boss who broke his leg and was on crutches for months.Even on a 3000 tonne warship, I found those 100 foot Tasman waves scary.
@@hayloft3834 looks like 13 in total…..
Mike Bannister (Winston Churchill, 1998), Glyn Charles (Sword of Orion, 1998), Ray Crawford (Billabong, 1988), John Dean (Winston Churchill, 1998), Bruce Guy (Business Post Naiad, 1998), Jim Lawler (Winston Churchill, 1998), Roy Quaden (Flying Fish Arctos, 2024), Wally Russell (Yahoo II, 1984), John Sarney (Inca, 1973), Phillip Skeggs (Business Post Naiad, 1998), Nick Smith (Bowline, 2024), Peter Taylor (BP Flying Colours, 1989) and Hugh (Barry) Vallance (Zilvergeest III, 1975)
Actually there are no details. Poor report
Actually there is details poor comment 🤦
Perhaps there are few details to report?
The victims got smashed in the head by the boom...what other information do you need.
If you have nothing respectful to say...shut up!! Seriously...!!!!
troll
Very sad……but every sailor knows how dangerous booms are…
Prayers to the sailors and their families.
I nearly got hit by the boom on the seventy foot schooner I was sailing on in the pacific. If I it had hit me I would’ve been gone . Sad to hear of this
I think that almost every sailor at some point has "nearly" been hit by a boom.
@ yep , this one was a big timber one . The wind had dropped and then suddenly it picked up from another direction, but not from the direction I was looking at, I heard it coming and managed to duck just in time.
Sad that two people were killed, both on the same day and on two different boats.
There's always some muppet that has to try and make it about themselves to look like a hero😂
70 ft schooner ? how can one consume so much ?
@ no not a hero. People don’t realise how getting hit with a boom can be dangerous. Depending on the size and the conditions. Sailing can be dangerous and when you are in the middle of a massive storm at sea hundreds of miles from shore even more so.
Our hearts are out to the families. Such a tragedy.
Who ever wrote the headline needs an education in semantics. Wrong verb used to describe this horrific accident!
We're such a feartull and emotional country now, watch as people cry to ban the sport.. accidents happen even to professionals, God bless them and their families. May they Rest Peacefully.
Hit the by the boom on 2 seperate boats!? Surely this can only be inexperience. Incredibly sad news. Maybe this is a wake up call to skippers to only take seasoned sailors on such an extreme race. Sydney Hobart race is not a leisure cruise it’s a very serious dangerous ocean race with wild swell, weather and wind changes.
Unfortunately boom strikes are pretty common in a competitive environment. If you are interested in artificial intelligence at all it was set back 10-20 years when Frank Rosenblatt was killed by a boom strike while out sailing.
Wait. Wait. Two people in two separate incidents killed after being him by the boom? What is going on? Were they having to jibe a lot at night? That's crazy.
amazing two person in 2 differnt boats? same accident?
Devastating for families and fellow crew members. Sorry for your loss.
There's far too much disrespect for the sea,these days
You just made a meaningless statement.
@@alexlanning712 why do you take drugs for? 🤦
@@charleskoehler9873 No he did not, the moment you fail to respect the power of Old Man Sea you're dead. Sad to hear the news but we haven't lost anyone since 1998.
I'm sure your mother thought something like this when YOU were born.....@@charleskoehler9873
There is an implication in the statement that a lack of respect for the sea played a role in the accidents. There is no basis for that ; this is why I called the statement meaningless.
I sailed for 50+ years. Sailing is a dynamic undertaking, great forces at work. Wringing our hands ashore via the keyboard will not help those unfortunate victims.
Accidents happen. That’s a bitter fact of life.
Just wondering, every sail boat I've crewed on the helmsman shouts a warning when changing tack or coming about. Are the people who died experienced racers?
Well, that sucks. Not the news we all want to hear. Prayers to the family and friends
So sad, Prayers up.
Sound like they need to stop inexperience people from buying seats
Sorry to hear that!
So sad. I can't imagine how hard that must be for the crews of those 2 boats, and the families. So sad.
Darn... I forgot the weather can turn horrific at this time of year.
yeah that sucks.
What a traggic loss and such a blow to the teams an families affacted. Hope te rest of the fleet make it or decide to head for safty.
This is why we can’t have nice things
mandate helmets that float also
Sailing is not for the faint hearted. It’s hard, it can be dangerous. However, the call of the ocean is always there. My heartfelt thoughts are with the families.
Why don't these boats have higher booms so that people can't be struck by them!! This has to stop!
Higher boom = higher centre of effort. There are safety issues with that as well. It would also most likely reduce the amount of sail area a yacht could carry.
@@Susan-fg9jb You're thinking about 'centre of effort', efficiency, sail area, speed, design etc etc.....and that's also the sort of thinking that gets people killed. Let the boats go slower and save lives!
@@TomTremayneIt's a rece. Going slower is counter productive. If we want zero risk, we need to ban racing.
@@ickster23 No need to ban racing, and like they had to do with Formular One motor racing, make it safer, apply the rule to all entrants, level playing-field and all that, higher booms so no one's scull gets caved in by it!
@@TomTremayne Making the boom higher creates other issues, for example, it would take less force to knock the boat down. There is no perfect solution. Everything has pros and cons. Every sport has dangers even with all the safety precautions even Formula One. Yacht racing has made changes to make it safer. Look into the changes made after the FastNet disaster and the 98 Sydney Hobart.
its jervis bay, not jarvis
Clearly a dangerous hobby.
My deepest sympathies to the families, as well as all the crew. May God comfort you in these tragic times.
Thanks for pronouncing Jervis Bay correctly.
why wouldn't she pronounce it right?
@@JBits-m9p Because 50% pronounce it "jervis" not "jarvis",
Keep your ears open and try listening to other channels such as 7 who can't get it right.
@@hayloft3834 if 50% pronounce it 'Jervis' surely that makes it equally correct.
Ignore me, just teasing, I'm in the Jarvis camp.
@@nukenet1 90% can't pronounce my surname correctly does that make me wrong, as well as the Scots and Irish populations in total?
@@hayloft3834: I have a friend, a Londoner, whose surname is ‘Jervis’ and that’s exactly how he and his family pronounce it. I have 2 other friends, Scots, with the surname ‘Ready’. One family pronounces it ‘reedy’ and the other ‘reddy’. Personal name pronunciations should always be the choice of the name holder not some random strangers. Just my opinion.
Its the Captain's prerogative to pull out of the race if conditions are too bad.
Ban dangerous boating!!!!
Yep. Yachts kill
Well, Australia, being as well as it is, they’re going to ban all boating and sailing. You’ll be lucky if you can even go in the water.
So, THAT was your first thought when hearing that two people died doing something they love to do? Wow.
@@jeelsvealnerve1163we need a change of government in Australia 🇦🇺
Maybe we should ban water.
@@ohasis8331 ban knives
@ . You do realize that someone dies every minute of every day. You should be sad all the time.
Omg 🤯😨 when mum explained to me that the waters between Sydney and hobart are dangerous and wont be long until someone dies…. I didn’t expect it to happen a few hours later
Top Story? People die sailing every day.
Tragic. That's why they call it a boom.
I hear Kevin James yelling in the background: HERE COMES THE BOOM!
The crews don’t wear helmets??! Apparently not, even at night in gale force winds…
A helmet won't keep your neck from being broken.
Also a helmet not a good thing if you end up in the water.
So this is great you have firsthand knowledge of the incidents and have determined that helmets would have prevented the injuries. Please contact the media direct and go public immediately. We need more heroes like you to step up and save lives, thank you for your service.
@@BenDecko2023 :P
Quite obvious the start of the race should have been delayed until weather conditions improved.
How did they die ?
Basically, they were hit by a ton or two of force somewhere above the waistline.
Remember the force of the boom is not just the weight of boom but also the weight of the wind in the sail driving the boom to swing from one side of the boat to the other.
Att Sky: According to the official tracker Comanchi 2017 (the older boat) is leading Law Connect.
It's a ghost boat to show where the current record holder was at that stage of the race.
@@jacquesjacobs6871 : Thank you !
@@jacquesjacobs6871 : So it does not look like they'll break the record. They certainly looked like it was possible early on, they were flying. Thanks again.
@@buildmotosykletist1987 in deed it doesn't look like it no. They were flying doen the coast but when the wind changed around the corner they slowed down a lot. That might also be what caught them off guard when the booms swung. 😬
@@jacquesjacobs6871 : They were passing that point at the end of Victoria about then so that makes sense. Thanks.
🙏🙏🙏
Sympathies to their families and loved ones. May they RIP. 🙏🙏🙏
'Oh you who turn the wheel and look to windward..."
Prayers
Rest in peace, sailors.
Heartbreaking ,
not really
@@ChickityChickenhow?
@AnjaHoward169 We dont know em.
@@ChickityChicken I do
@@ChickityChicken for your information my dad was on that boatt next to the guy who died
technoloogy has come a long wa v y
Very sad to hear 😢
Such a tragedy
Better cancel yatch racing now its to dangerous
Seriously,that very negligent by Skippers.Avoiding the boom when tacking a basic sailing proceeding😮
At that point in the night they were most likely still sailing downwind. An accidental tube can come out of no where. These boat are pushing hard for every sliver and speed. These are tragic accidents and I am sure there will be questions asked, but to suggest it was negligence by the skippers is premature and not helpful.
@Susan-fg9jb oh sod off I a RWC yachtsman
@@Susan-fg9jbThere's been a rash of accidental gybe tragedies this year. They are covered in UA-cam videos on post incident reviews.
I watched a video about a couple who died on an ocean crossing. Their guests survived. It was an unexpected, probably rogue wave, that caused the boat to suddenly shift and the boom slam across.
@@rexcowan9209 And it is not just the boom. The mainsheet, depending on its location, can also be a huge hazard in an accidental gybe. There was an accident off the east coast of the US where I believe a wife and husband were killed and I think it was the mainsheet that killed the wife. Raising the boom would not solve that problem.
Its disappointing that we hear from the prime minister on how sad this is ( yes any loss of life is) as though it is something special but people lose their lives on our roads, or doing their jobs etc every day and you hear nothing from him, to put it into perspective, its a very dangerous event, sport event that people purely choose to risk their lives for, I'm sorry but it does not get my sympathy vote getting hurt or killed doing something you didn't have to do that you knew was extremely risky and dangerous, there needs to be some recognition here of risk versus reward, how about some open and honest reporting, did the crews of these vessels have to sign a waiver, if not are they a paid crew and the employer has put them in an unsafe workplace position, its one or the other i would guess. At some point its either accepted its at ones own risk or too risky and be honest about it. I support freedom of choice but i dont support the sympathy vote when poor choices have consequences, the old "at least they were doing something they loved" cop out does not wash with me for those left reeling in the aftermath, its so clique, my heart goes out to the ones left to deal with someones choices especially those that now feel they were not important enough to be put first !
Seems to happen fairly often in this race. Why dat?
Rich people problems.
$300 boom brakes ?
Its really sad, hope the cancel the race out of respect❤
First world problem!
Maybe time for helmets if working on deck .?
RIP😢
Whats a boom ?
It's the rigid bar at the bottom of the mainsail. That's the one behind the mast.
Basically it's a huge swinging weight that swings across the entire rear of the boat and DEMANDS complete respect.
@petert3355 i see, so basically the boom smacked thier heads ? And thats how they passed
@gidduup424
That is a possibility, it could also have hit them in the chest or neck.
Neither of those possibilities are really survivable either.
All we know is they were hit by the boom, and despite all attempts by the crew to save them, they died of their injuries.
@petert3355 yep i see, thanks for your response s 👍
All fenty jokes aside ...🌺
Better put the price up on boats. I recommend a recreational craft tax that keeps on going up every few years to recreational crafts are banned.
Not the time or place. BTW, the plural of craft is “ craft “!!
Surprised there hasn't been a design developed to stop sudden boom movements
There is... it is called a boom preventer as it prevents accidental uncontrolled gybes, and has been around for many years.
@@gregfawcett5152There's been two high profile tragedies already this year with mis rugged preventers. Those events killed a total of 5 people on two yachts. While I know this is a race, I've always sailed vessels I've skippered on more of a broad reach rather than running downwind, especially if the crew is inexperienced.
😢So sad😮🙏condolenses🙏
Its usually shitty weather this time of the year down that coast nasty piece of sea, heart & prays go out to the lost sailors. 🙏
People need to calm foen and relax. Sure this is sad - and respects to the famalies... but its simply an anomoly. A race like this will occassionaly have an incident. Talking about bans etc!? I mean noone forces people to race, they know the risks and its well known that over the 80 or so years a few people have died doing what they enjoy. More people die playing soccer -do we ban soccer? Im kinda sick of these fairies calling for bans on everything the second they feel like getting upset. These people yearn to have something to complain or bung on about...
How was someone in position to be hit by the boom? That boom hitting a person is like hitting nothing with the power in them. That should be #1 danger zone normally I would think, especially in heavy weather with lots of wind which means lots of power. Think of the wind power in that boom to make a large boat go this fast. The loads are high. Look at what happened to Pip Hare with her mast coming down. That is power.
So sorry to hear this. This is never the news you want to give to their families. Send my condolences to the team, and family who has supported them, and wish them all the best. 🙏🙌💟🇦🇺
They built these boats for perfect conditions they not made for ruff seas I mean they are but there not
They`re made for "Blue Water" sailing. Where are they now? Not bad weather, just racing,,, It`s why they are there,
@SeeBird686 captains killing crew boats pull out all the time maybe the hundreds of millions of dollar boats are still floating around out there sailing is for cock heads with too much money and no friends see if they still doing this crap in another 20 years lol the sport will die with the old ass captain's you see
Ban Yacht racing....
100%. Its too dangerous.
Rich people: Ah no.
Sad to hear, time to stop these pointless race every year, it's not safe.
Sail in ✌️🕊️! + I remember sailing with my brother. You do have to watch when the sail swings the boom around!
Sounds like a first world problem.😅
@ChickityChicken nope, people sail all around the world, have for all of history my boat was free, and my brother's 24 ft sailboat ⛵ he got for $150!
You're not as smart as you think you are nameless Sherlock Karen ❄️ are you? Maybe try this thing called the Internet and see what bargains you can find. You're first 🌎 or you wouldn't be on here, so shut your 🥧 🕳️ hypocrite!
RIP
Shut it down now. No more death
Don't be be so fing stupid.
Agree. That applies to all racing: horse racing, car races, foot races, bike races...everything. Our quest for 100% safety must be progressed!
Absolute Safety is a myth, Embrace all risk.
These racers would have known the risks. Sad to lose them indeed,,,
😞
It's Called genocide by Pro HAMAS. Those who perished (condolences) were in "not their rightful" part of the world.
How the hell do you die in a _yacht race?_ It's a _yacht_ for Pete's sake. What's next "two killed in bouncy castle mis-hap"?
You cannot be serious….
A bouncy castle killed a few kids couple years ago wen a gust of wind picked it up n threw it bak down to the ground
I guess you know nothing about sailing!!!!
Clearly you have no idea.
Thanks, I now feel dumber for reading your comment.
The race should have been cancelled if it was the weather.
BS
No. Skippers and crew makes the decision to go to sea or not. We don't all need a nanny.
Shark bait
You’re a disgusting human being
Defend Israel to be blessed
Noone in Australia cares about middle East, not our problem ,we are sick of all it ,go bak home
HA HA HA! BOOOOM ! GONE !
This race needs to be banned for all of our safety.
ID ten T
Rubbish.
That's what they said about you but you're parents wasn't banned 🤦
It's the same as climbing any mountain or doing any other thing that carries risk.
100% ban anything remotely dangerous.
These Aussie gals really do look Beutiful. Oh and yeah the news is tragic and wut not.
Simp ,pathetic
Really? Aussie girls are average at best.
Then the organisers need to be held accountable ! If the winds were that bad and at least a dozen boats retired, that should have been common sense that the race should have been stopped.
Race or not, each skipper is responsible for leaving the dock or not. It has been like that forever.
The crews are under no obligation to finish the race, they make the decision to continue to race.
If there were no official race, people would still do the race.
If you cancel the race due to weather, the boats are still out in it, they don't magically teleport back to port, going on is often just as good an option as heading for port in these conditions.
Personal responsibility, they do it because they love it, same as Isle of Mann, rock climbing, scuba diving, caving, parachuting, horse riding, skiing, motor racing or clubbing on a Saturday night.
People do dangerous things, because they love it, because they choose to do so, we don't need a nanny state that makes this choice for us.
@@nukenet1life is dangerous, it kills us all in the end!
Maybe time to stop the race!
Bruh a 9news microphone? I knew sky news Australia is so fake, they can’t even do their own reporting 😂😂