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9 years ago at Apr 27 14:47
This is an exciting book about storms and the people who battle them. I especially liked learning about the life boats and helicopters and the men who rescued all they could.
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In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2,500 men and women were smashed by forty-foot breaking waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them. By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned ship, five yachts had sunk, 13
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Release date: 17 April 2000
ISBN-10 : 0393308650 | ISBN-13: 9780393308655
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Release date: 17 April 2000
ISBN-10 : 0393308650 | ISBN-13: 9780393308655
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