What the records say
- When
- 1 Jan 1999
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 33.86° S, 151.21° E
- Description
- A memorial service is held at Constitution Dock in Hobart to remember the victims of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
1998 annual yacht race in Australia
The 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 54th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the most disastrous in the race's history, with the loss of six lives and five yachts in an unexpectedly severe storm on 27–28 December.
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