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 ...

“There was a long oily swell and very little wind,” Harold Cudmore recalled more than 40 years later. “We realized there was bad weather coming. So, we had the ...

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. Please provide ...

The 1979 Fastnet Race began in what were calm conditions - conditions that were not expected to present a great challenge for the 303 boats taking part in the 600-mile voyage. The track would take the ...

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 ...

Frances Reincke (pictured recently) was just 21 when she competed in the 1979 Fastnet Race A woman has described how her father read in a newspaper she was presumed drowned following a sailing ...

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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 ...

Series of events include exhibition of portraits by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall, poetry and vigils It was the summer storm that roared without warning into the Celtic Sea, unleashing monster waves ...

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