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Category - Non Fiction / Sports & Recreation
Format - Paperback
Condition - Fair
Listed - 4 years ago
Views - 23
Ships From - Florida
Seller Description
The story of the 1979 Fastnet Race that turned deadly when a force 10 storm collided unexpectedly with the 303 sailboats competing in the race. This was written by a journalist who was on-board and experienced this tragedy first hand from the cockpit of one of the sailboat competing in the race.#sailing#nonfiction
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Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (New Edition): The story of a great storm - of the death of fifteen men in the Irish Sea - a true account of tragedy and heroism
ISBN: 9780393308655
Publisher Description
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 sudden...
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