"Fastnet, force 10"

In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a s...

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Main Author: Rousmaniere, John
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, Ã2000.
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