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.

Sailors on two of the Sydney to Hobart favourites believe they will be eating dinner on Hobart’s waterfront by Friday night if they can hold their multimillion-dollar yachts and crews together in one of the most complicated,

Champagne corks often pop and loud, boisterous cheers are usually heard around Constitution Dock when the Sydney to Hobart line honors winner finishes in the Tasmanian state capital