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 Fastnet ...

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 ...

Today, the Royal Navy will remember one its finest hours - when naval aviators from RNAS Culdrose at Helston in Cornwall spearheaded the UK's biggest ever peacetime rescue operation. Serving and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The largest ever sea rescue operation in peacetime is put in place as a huge storm hits the Fastnet Race. The 610 mile Fastnet Race is one of the toughest sea races in the world. Held biennially, the ...

Sue MacGregor reunites five people who experienced the worst disaster in the history of ocean racing, the Fastnet Race of 1979. Show more Sue MacGregor reunites five people who experienced the worst ...