Robert Hoffer is a technologist, doing stuff above our paygrade, but he's also a lifelong sailor and shares how his two ...
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Sailors were told conditions looked almost perfect… then a violent Atlantic storm started exploding around them
More than 300 yachts carrying roughly 2,500 sailors set out on the prestigious 1979 Fastnet Race under gentle summer conditions. Far out over the Atlantic, however, a rapidly developing weather system ...
It began as a prestigious sailing competition—and ended as one of the worst disasters in modern yacht racing history. In August 1979, 303 yachts sailed into a storm no one saw coming. Nineteen people ...
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