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Fastnet, Force 10
Fastnet Force 10
Author: John Rousmaniere
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393032567
ISBN-10: 0393032566
Publication Date: 4/1980
Pages: 287
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Publisher: W W Norton Co Inc
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is a sea story and it is true. IT is a story of how 15 people died not in war but during a yacht race just 70 miles off the coast of England. Great story!!!!
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