How and why did it cause such a catastrophic disaster. Hell and high water.
August 14 1979 Tragedy Strikes The Fastnet Yacht Race As 15 Die
The fastnet race is a biennial offshore yacht race organised by the royal ocean racing club of the united kingdom with the assistance of the royal yacht squadron in cowes and the royal western yacht club in plymouth.
Fastnet yacht race disaster. A massive search and rescue operation was begun as half of the 300 yachts. After being rolled pitchpoled battered and half drowned and believing the rest of the crew to be. In 1979 matthew sheahan aged 17 was racing his fathers yacht grimalkin in the fastnet race.
By neil tweedie for the daily. Ambushed a fleet of 303 boats competing in the fastnet race. There was nothing in the forecast at the start of the 1979 fastnet race to indicate a storm but a storm came with devastating effect.
This day in 1979 saw the worst disaster in the 100 year history of ocean yacht racing as a freak storm hit the fastnet race leaving 15 crew members dead. The 1979 fastnet race was the 28th royal ocean racing clubs fastnet race a yachting race held generally every two years since 1925 on a 605 mile course from cowes direct to the fastnet rock and then to plymouth via south of the isles of scillyin 1979 it was the climax of the five race admirals cup competition as it had been since 1957. The race is named after the fastnet rock which the race course roundsthe race is considered one of the classic big offshore races fastnet is testing both inshore and.
Come hell high water. Over 300 yachts competing in a prestigious british yacht race dont know they are sailing headlong into a force 10 atlantic gale. The handicap winner was the 61ft yacht tenacious owned.
The fastnet disaster. Surviving disaster 2006 fastnet yacht race 1979 documentary. Forty years on from britains fastnet race disaster that left 19 yachtsmen dead amid 60ft waves the survivors relive every shattering moment.
The story of the force 10 gale which decimated the 1979 fastnet race the last of the admirals cup events in that year. Only two out of a total of five aboard the american yacht ariadne survived the race. The yachts mainsail was ripped in half as the wind began to get.
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