Saturday, July 9, 2011

Fastnet Force 10

Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing

 

By John Rousmaniere. Highly recommend the book - it shows how lethal the sea can be, even for very experienced sailors and how localized weather conditions are - boats sailed a few miles from each other and some saw a force 8 to 9 with wind below 50 knots, others a force 12 storm with wind well aboe 60 knots.

A very humbling experience - and offshore sailors can only benefit from that kind of reading.

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