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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...
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...
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...
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...
Interview with Caroline Cowper, wife of yachtsman David Cowper, about her husband’s attempt to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly, and to break two world records in his boat Ocean Bound. Male...
Round-the-world yachtswoman Naomi James on the voyage of fellow sailor David Scott Cowper, who is on course to beat her achievement of navigating the globe in 272 days. Female interviewer not identified.
Interview with 61-year-old lone sailor Ted McNamara after his failed attempt to cross the Atlantic from Sennen Cove in Cornwall to Florida in the United States in a five foot long glass fibre barrel. Male...
Yachtswoman, Naomi James on entering the forthcoming Observer Two-handed Transatlantic Race with her boat, Kriter Lady II. Male interviewer not identified.
Jon Snow of ITN explains his involvement in and the events of Operation Pear - the rescue of British seamen trapped in a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf during the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Interviewer not...
Interview with yachtsman Chay Blyth about his participation - along with Rob James, husband of Dame Naomi James - in the 1981 Observer double-handed Transatlantic race. Male interviewer not identified (poss....
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