Sydney to Hobart: Two men killed in yacht race identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden, while Luke Watkins survives falling overboard

Two men died in similar circumstances while another was forced to unclip himself from a safety line and drifted more than a kilometre in cold water.

Sydney to Hobart: Two men killed in yacht race identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden, while Luke Watkins survives falling overboard

Sydney to Hobart: Two men killed in yacht race identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden, while Luke Watkins survives falling overboard

Sydney to Hobart: Two men killed in yacht race identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden, while Luke Watkins survives falling overboard

Sydney to Hobart: Two men killed in yacht race identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden, while Luke Watkins survives falling overboard

Sydney to Hobart: Two men killed in yacht race identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden, while Luke Watkins survives falling overboard