Royal Navy archive photos of the 1979 Fastnet Race disaster rescue
Royal Navy archive photos of the 1979 Fastnet Race disaster rescue
Royal Navy archive photos of the 1979 Fastnet Race disaster rescue
Royal Navy archive photos of the 1979 Fastnet Race disaster rescue
Fastnet Yacht Race Disaster
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The Fastnet Yacht Race Tragedy of 1979
Racing Into Disaster
303 Yachts Race Into a Storm
The Fastnet Disaster of 1979
1979 Fastnet Race—Storm KILLED 19 People!
The 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race Disaster Unveiled
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Fastnet Race 1979: Life and death decision
In 1979 Matthew Sheahan, aged 17, was racing his father’s yacht Grimalkin in the Fastnet Race. After being rolled, pitchpoled, battered and half drowned, and believing the rest …
Death on the High Seas: The 1979 Fastnet Race
The 1979 Fastnet Race showed the true dangers of offshore sailing. A deadly storm swamped the competitors, and many died as rescuers were unable to reach them.
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Dozens of yachts have been lost and at least three people killed after a freak storm blew up in the Irish Sea during the Fastnet yacht race. Hundreds of competitors have been left stranded...
Fastnet Race 1979: Why was the storm so devastating?
When 303 yachts set off on the 1979 Fastnet Race there was no inkling that a storm was imminent. How did it arrive without warning, asks meteorologist Chris Tibbs, and why did it cause such...
Storm Force 10: The Fastnet Disaster
Unknown to the fleet of 303 yachts hurtling furiously toward Fastnet Rock, a mesoscale surface jet of hurricane speed was racing to meet them. Data from the storm of 1979 reveals that an extraordinary event occurred.
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In 1979 Matthew Sheahan, aged 17, was racing his father’s yacht Grimalkin in the Fastnet Race. After being rolled, pitchpoled, battered and half drowned, and believing the rest …
The 1979 Fastnet Race showed the true dangers of offshore sailing. A deadly storm swamped the competitors, and many died as rescuers were unable to reach them.
Dozens of yachts have been lost and at least three people killed after a freak storm blew up in the Irish Sea during the Fastnet yacht race. Hundreds of competitors have been left stranded...
When 303 yachts set off on the 1979 Fastnet Race there was no inkling that a storm was imminent. How did it arrive without warning, asks meteorologist Chris Tibbs, and why did it cause such...
Unknown to the fleet of 303 yachts hurtling furiously toward Fastnet Rock, a mesoscale surface jet of hurricane speed was racing to meet them. Data from the storm of 1979 reveals that an extraordinary event occurred.