THE events of the 1979 Fastnet race have been described as the worst yachting disaster in history. The tragic incident was so impactful that it even changed the way yachts are designed. The biannual ...

The Fastnet sailing race disaster, which cost 19 lives, is unlikely to occur again in the modern era, analysis of weather data from 1979 reveals. The tragedy off the southern coast of Ireland unfolded ...

As plans are being finalised to commemorate the 40th anniversary Fastnet Race disaster, one of the competitors in the race has spoken about how he thought he was going to die in the storm, which ...

This gallery of pictures from the Royal Navy's archives show the UK's biggest ever peacetime rescue operation, during the Fastnet Race in 1979. The yacht race from the of Isle Wight and around the ...

SURVIVORS of the Fastnet yacht race disaster, which claimed the lives of 21 people, have been reliving the scariest night of their lives 40 years on. It remains one of the deadliest yacht races of all ...

A series of paintings and poems will be unveiled at Cork's Cape Clear Museum on Sunday in honour of those who lost their lives in the 1979 Fastnet disaster, 40 years ago. Tragedy struck midway through ...

AN island will host a special series of events to mark the 25th anniversary of one of Ireland's worst-ever sporting tragedies, the Fastnet race disaster. Events in Cape Clear, west Cork, will ...

SETTING out from Cowes among a magnificent fleet of 303 sailing boats, 17-year-old Jon Dorey was excited to be competing in the prestigious Fastnet Race for the first time. But just three days later ...

Sue MacGregor reunites five people who experienced the worst disaster in the history of ocean racing - the Fastnet Race of 1979. It was the race that every ocean going yachtsman aimed to complete at ...