"The Double Handed Farallones Race has a history of rough weather and unfortunate accidents. In 1982, eight people died when monohulls sank or went up on the rocks. In 1984, a Stiletto capsized and one crew died of hypothermia. Again in 1995 bad weather took its toll - a fishing boat capsized at Ocean Beach with the loss of a life, another boat capsized in Santa Cruz, a charter fishing boat suffered major structural damage in the ocean and had to be escorted in, and there were dismastings and other carnage in the race fleet. Waves were breaking on both north and south bars outside the Golden Gate, and were big all day."
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