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303 Yachts Race Into a Storm - The Fastnet Disaster
On August 11th, 1979, 303 yachts set sail, each with the same goal to finish and potentially win the Fastnet race. On the third day of a race, the shipping weather forecast warned the sailors about ...
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DU PONT'S YACHT IN DANGER.; Caught In Heavy Storm and Its Fittings Damaged.
Sept. 24. -- The steam yacht Tech. owned by T. Coleman Du Pont of Wilmington, President of the Du Pont powder trust, had a narrow escape from being wrecked in a storm yesterday afternoon.