1979 Fastnet Race
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1979-fastnet-race-167-4632960
title:
1979 Fastnet Race
text:
The 1979 Fastnet Race was the 28th Royal Ocean Racing Club's 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 Scilly. In 1979, it was the climax of the five-race Admiral's Cup competition, as it had been since 1957. A worse-than-expected European windstorm on the third day of the race wreaked havoc on the 303 yachts that started the biennial race, resulting in 19 fatal
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description:
1979 yacht disaster south of England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_Race
date created:
2005-10-21T11:00:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T07:19:57Z
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