An electric yacht will race in this year's Sydney to Hobart for the first time — making history as cannons fire at the starting line.
Non-profit conservation group Ocean Crusaders will launch 'J-Bird' in the 77th edition of the world-famous race.
Massive diesel engines power household names like Wild Oats and Black Jack, but Ocean Crusaders co-founder, and J-Bird co-skipper, Ian Thomson, wants to show that isn't necessary.
