Twenty-two people have died in separate incidents during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, one sailing on Bowline and another on Flying Fish Arctos.
The men have been identified as 65-year-old South Australian Nick Smith, and 55-year-old West Australian Roy Quaden.
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Vice-Commodore David Jacobs said both boats were safely in harbour and support had been offered to the families of Mr Quaden and Mr Smith.
The Sydney to Hobart yacht race has suffered a double tragedy, with two sailors dying overnight.
Race organiser, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), named the two sailors as 65-year-old South Australian Nick Smith, and 55-year-old West Australian Roy Quaden.
Ambulance attends a boat next to a jetty.
An ambulance crew attends the scene where Flying Fish Arctos is moored in Jervis Bay, NSW. (ABC News)
Mr Quaden, onboard Flying Fish Arctos, died after being hit by the yacht’s sailing boom.
Mr Smith, onboard Bowline, was hit by the yacht’s main sheet, and then thrown across the boat.
“Unfortunately he hit his head on the winch and that’s what killed him,” the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Vice-Commodore David Jacobs said.
Vice-Commodore Jacobs said both boats were safely in harbour and support had been offered to the families of Mr Quaden and Mr Smith.
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