Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing by John Rousmaniere, Marjorie J. Flock

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

John Rousmaniere, Marjorie J. Flock

304 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
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It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2,500 men and wome...

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