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Fastnet Race
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The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in
Yachts racing off Cowes at the start of the 2017 Fastnet Race.
Yachts racing off Cowes at the start of the 2017 Fastnet Race.
Scenes off Cowes seafront at the start
Scenes off Cowes seafront at the start
1979 Fastnet Race
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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-nautical-mile course from Cowes direct to the Fastnet Rock
Fastnet Race
…were specifically excluded because they were regarded as unsuitable for the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. A severe European windstorm during the 1979 race resulted in the deaths of 21 people (15 competing yachtsmen and 6 observers) and the involvement of some 4,000 others in what became the largest-ever…
Memorial to the 15 competitors who died in the 1979 Fastnet Race, Lios Ó Móine (Lissamona), Cape Clear Island, Cork, Ireland; the 6 spectator names we
Memorial to the 15 competitors who died in the 1979 Fastnet Race, Lios Ó Móine (Lissamona), Cape Clear Island, Cork, Ireland; the 6 spectator names were added later.