Yacht race claims two crew members’ lives on separate boats, while survivor recounts ‘getting thrown down waves’
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The first mayday call came late on Boxing Day.
Just before midnight, there had been an incident onboard the Flying Fish Arctos, a vessel competing in Australia’s most iconic boat race, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
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