FED: Memorial service to be held for Sydhob victims

AAP General News (Australia)
01-01-1999
FED: Memorial service to be held for Sydhob victims

A memorial service for the six sailors who died during the devastated Sydney to Hobart
yacht race is scheduled to be held in Hobart this afternoon.

The service will be held at Hobart's Constitution Dock at 3pm (AEST), after the last of the
yachts is expected to finish the race.

Representatives of all three yachts which lost crewmembers -- Winston Churchill, Sword of
Orion and Business Post Naiad -- are expected to attend the service.

Around midnight last night four yachts were yet …