Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing Chris Lavers ISBN13: 9781163197547

ISBN13: 9781163197547

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Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing Chris Lavers ISBN13: 9781163197547It 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 waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them. By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty four crews had abandoned ship, five