Willow and Maverick 49 withdraw from the 2021 Sydney to Hobart due to COVID-19, leaving 91 yachts to contest tomorrow's race.
Three positive COVID-19 cases have been detected among the crew of Willow.
The yacht's owner, Jim Cooney, says his crew are awaiting the results of two other tests.Stewart told organisers that while COVID-19 has not been detected in his crew, he did not want to take the risk of exposing his crew to the virus.
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