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 ...

It began as a prestigious sailing competition—and ended as one of the worst disasters in modern yacht racing history. In August 1979, 303 yachts sailed into a storm no one saw coming. Nineteen people ...

On August 11th, 1979, 303 yachts set sail, each with the same goal to finish and potentially win the Fastnet race. On the third day of a race, the shipping weather forecast warned the sailors about ...