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 biannual ...

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 ...

SURVIVORS of the Fastnet yacht race disaster, which claimed the lives of 21 people, have been reliving the scariest night of their lives 40 years on. It remains one of the deadliest yacht races of all ...

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 ...

A former lighthouse keeper has been honoured at a commemorative event marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Fastnet race disaster. A portrait of Gerald Butler by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall was ...

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 ...

Series of events include exhibition of portraits by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall, poetry and vigils It was the summer storm that roared without warning into the Celtic Sea, unleashing monster waves ...

The Storm Evert amber warning for tonight has been compared to the abnormal weather event which caused the Fastnet Disaster of 1979 - claiming the lives of 19 people. As the South West region braced ...

Sue MacGregor reunites five people who experienced the worst disaster in the history of ocean racing - the Fastnet Race of 1979. It was the race that every ocean going yachtsman aimed to complete at ...

Series of events include exhibition of portraits by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall, poetry and vigils It was the summer storm that roared without warning into the Celtic Sea, unleashing monster waves ...