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Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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Interview

Account by female interviewee, whose husband is believed to have died after his life raft overturned as it went to the aid of another boat during the Fastnet yacht race disaster. Male interviewer not...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.42: Programme 42 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 42 Programme 42 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 9 August 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER. TRACK...

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Rescue operation in Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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Interview

Interview with military crew member from Yeovilton on the massive rescue operation after the Fastnet yacht race disaster. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

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Witness account of Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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Interview

Witness account by yachtsman of the freak storm during the Fastnet yacht race which has led to the largest ever peacetime rescue operation. Also on whether the Royal Ocean Racing Club was at fault in...

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Rescue operation in Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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Interview

Dave Loyn interviews Plymouth rescue team member Tim Hunt on the ongoing rescue operation by naval helicopter and ship following the freak storm during the Fastnet yacht race, with 22 yachts still missing.

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Edward Heath on Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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Interview

Interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on the investigation which will need to be carried out into the Fastnet yacht race disaster on 14/08/79, after his boat was one of the few to reach the...

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Rescue operation in Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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Interview

Interview with an RAF Wing Commander (Derek Larkin?) on the ongoing air rescue operation by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy following the freak storm during the Fastnet yacht race, and the part played by...

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Len Gardner on Fastnet yacht race (1979)

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Interview; Music

Bob Holness interviews Len Gardner about his experience in his boat, Ailish III, in the storm-affected 1979 Fastnet yacht race. The interview follows the publication of his book, Fastnet ‘79: the story of...

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Plymouth return after Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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News report; Interview

Dave Loyn reports on the Fastnet yacht race disaster, as the last few yachts return to Plymouth today. Includes interviews with race organisers spokesman Roger Ware; surviving yachtsmen Ernest Dewar and...

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Interview on Drum wreckage (1985)

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Interview

Unidentified male speaker on the Drum, Simon Le Bon’s yacht, which has crashed during the Fastnet race. (Scottish) male interviewer not identified.

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