<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sailors battling it out in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race are set to perform a special honour to the 15 people killed in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="" title="Bondi shooting."><span>Bondi shooting.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fifteen yachts representing the race's organisers, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia – one for every victim, will scatter rose petals off the stern of their boats as they pass Bondi Beach.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other yachts in the race will join the CYCA entrants in remembering those lives lost as they pass Bondi, south of Sydney Harbour.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-shooting-albanese-announces-bravery-award-for-heroes-of-bondi-attack/bccd8ba5-71e8-4405-8d74-e1e404804d1b"><strong><span>'This Christmas is a different one', says Albanese as he serves festive meals</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-announces-new-honours-system-for-bondi-attack-heroes/c16e56ad-e580-4142-ae11-c09f9b56ccd2" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Bondi terror attack heroes to be recognised in special honours list</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The tribute was outlined during the Compulsory Race Briefing by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore, Sam Haynes, organisers said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The tribute that we mentioned for the tragic events in Bondi has been very well received by the Jewish community, but also internationally recognised worldwide, and obviously here in Australia," Haynes told the assembled fleet.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-bondi-tribute/811baa86-bab5-413a-9136-89dfda970eaa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said Mr Roses supplied petals for crews.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"For many competitors, the moment will provide a pause for reflection early in a race more commonly associated with speed, rivalry and endurance," organisers said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Just hours after the start, as spinnakers are hoisted and the fleet accelerates south, the scattering of petals will briefly shift attention away from tactics and weather to remembrance and solidarity."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's the 80th year of the Boxing Day race, which sees crews battle it out over 628 nautical miles from Sydney in NSW to Hobart in Tasmania.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The race started at 1pm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sailors have been placed on high alert, with officials warning of likely injuries during what is predicted to be a treacherous first night at sea.</span></div></div>