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Fastnet Race 1979

In August we covered the Rolex Fastnet Race extensively on and ’s YouTube channel, and marked the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Fastnet Race tragedy with a historical archive of material, including first-person accounts. One of these was by ’s former technical editor, Matthew Sheahan, explaining, for the first time, what happened to him during this race, including the loss of

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