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Fastnet Yacht Disaster
In 1979, a freak storm hit a prestigious ocean race in the Irish Sea, killing 18 people.
In 1979, a freak storm hit a prestigious ocean race in the Irish Sea, killing 15 sailors and 3 rescuers. Matthew Sheehan tells Sporting Witness how hurricane-force winds engulfed his yacht as it headed towards the Fastnet rock, killing his father. This programme was first broadcast in 2010.
PHOTO: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
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