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Wild winds expected at Hobart race
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Crews were yesterday warned to brace for a bumpy, challenging ride in this week’s Sydney to Hobart yacht race, with updated forecasts of gale force winds dampening record hopes.
Delivering its annual pre-race briefing, the weather bureau said the field of 94 boats could expect a strong southerly of up to 30 knots and possible thunderstorms at the starting line at Sydney Harbor tomorrow morning, instead of the favorable conditions earlier forecast.
The headwind would ease and a northeaster pick up as the fleet worked its way down the coast, but meteorologist Andrew Treloar said a cold front would hit on Saturday night, bringing wild gale-force conditions for boats crossing the Bass Strait, which separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland.
“Getting into Bass Strait on Saturday they could be picking up strong winds ahead of the front, and then the front moves through the eastern part of Bass Strait later on the Saturday,” Treloar said. “That could come through with a pretty big push. At the moment we would be expecting at least strong winds and possibly gales.”
Treloar said it was a different weather picture to the devastating storm in the 1998 race which sank five yachts and killed six sailors but “nevertheless we have to be on guard”.
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