'Everest of the Seas' races through Aussie waters

08:27 AEDT They call it "the Everest of the Seas" The Sydney to Hobart Yacht race is famous for its rough conditions, but even the wildest conditions in Bass Strait are basically just an average day for competitors in the Vendée Globe – the solo, non-stop, round-the-world yacht race in which the leaders are currently screaming across the waters south of Australia.  This is the tenth running of the (roughly) three-month epic, which was first conducted in 1989.