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 Nautical Mind :: Books :: Voyages :: Great Races :: Beyond Endurance: 300 Boats, 600 Miles, and One Perfect Storm

  Beyond Endurance: 300 Boats, 600 Miles, and One Perfect Storm
 
The competitors in the August 1979 Fastnet race were hit by a storm that blew Force 10 (55 knots), killing 15 men, and wrecking five boats (another 15 were abandoned). One-hundred and thirty-six people had to be rescued in life-threatening conditions. Among the survivors were twenty-six men from Canada and the United States, whom the author has interviewed extensively. This is the story of the terrible seas, the struggles to stay alive, and the heroic rescues during what remains the worst tragedy to befall an ocean-sailing race.

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Mayers, Adam
Number of Pages

264
Format

softcover
Date

2008
ISBN

0771057032
ISBN13

9780771057038
 
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Review Author: Chuck
This provides a more personal account than "Fastnet Force 10" but not as good of an analysis of the race and what caused the difficulties.

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