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Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing
John Rousmaniere
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| #125946 in Books | Rousmaniere, John | 2000-04-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.80 x6.00l,.87 | File type: PDF | 304 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Good and Valuable Read for Ocean Sailors|By Mike Ferring|An excellent review of the tragic Fastnet race, tamping down criticism of the sailors who died or were separated from their boats. Rousmaniere's writing uneven, sometimes a bit stiff, an academic sort of approach, but in other places it becomes colorful and personal. All in all, a good and valuable read for anyone interes||“John Rousmaniere's gripping account of that calamitous race is a must-read for anyone thinking about sailing offshore. This richly detailed account provides inspiration for all sailors to thoroughly prepare and use good sense at sea.” (Gary Jobson
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 speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2,500 men and women were smashed by forty-foot breaking wav...
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