S-a dezvoltat o depresiune de joasă presiune neobișnuit de puternică, care a dus la zăpadă la mijlocul verii în părți din sud-estul Australiei. Sistemul meteorologic s-a construit într-o furtună excepțional de puternică, cu vânturi care ating până la 70 de noduri, similare ca putere cu un uragan de categorie inferioară. Furtuna în creștere a produs o trompa de apă enormă, periculos de aproape de un iaht, provocând în cele din urmă scufundarea a cinci bărci și moartea a șase marinari. În plus, un record de 66 de iahturi s-au retras din cursă, iar alți 55 de marinari au trebuit să fie transportați de pe iahturile lor cu elicopterul de salvare. În general, eforturile de salvare au implicat 35 de avioane militare și civile și 27 de nave Royal Australian Navy și s-au dovedit a fi cea mai mare operațiune de salvare în timp de pace din Australia.
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Cursa de iahturi de la Sydney la Hobart, 1998
Very sad race, RIP to those 6 sailors who were never to return home alive
Looks like one Skipper even spilled oil to flatten the sea around his boat judging from his smeared face, hood and storm gear. I can´t believe sailors abandoning their sailing boats even though they still float and have a working rudder. They should hove-to instead of trusting their lives to a peanut-sized unstable life raft. Bad seamanship. The abandoned yacht in the vido could´ve been fitted with a provisional improvised mast to hove-to instead of endangering the lives of SAR teams having to pick these cowards up. But I guess there´s still far too many clueless millionaires on the seas trying to win regattas at all costs causing a broken rig in the first place. They should stay home really.
Why does the navy put in so little effort ? Oh, we can't help, we need to be ready for war and play with our guns. Tax payer funded meant to protect people but sitting idle when needed.
:((
That just goes to show how things can turn ugly in an instant out at sea 🌊😔
Its the sea ! What do expect when sailing in bad weather ?
I was in sydney for this day. Saw the weather fax at a surf shop. Told my girlfriend the hobart race was going to get smashed. Sure did.
This was back when australia had real men in charge. and not weak hitler types like danny andrews and morrison.