Talk:1979 Fastnet Race

Gremalken

SV Gremalken did not sink as previously recorded - it was damaged but has been refurbished, a friend of mine now owns it. (Unsigned!)

Do you have a source for that?Billlion (talk) 21:03, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Ship's names

The rescue ship HMS Angelsea should be spelled Anglesey; it was an island class ship named after the British island. Cf Navy News, 29.01.04, http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2004/0401/0004012901.asp

The Gremalkin should be spelled Grimalkin. It did not finish the race but was abandoned during the storm and towed ashore the next day. ReaderHez 09:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Kiaola

The BBC's news report baldly states that "the winner of the 1979 race was Kiaola". This seems to be wrong; Kiaola did not win the race, and did not win the Admiral's Cup, of which the race was a part. In fact Kiaola does not seem to have won anything. Is this a mistake by the BBC, or is there a piece of yachting arcanum about which I have not yet been informed? -Ashley Pomeroy 19:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• I 'googled' and it looks like Tenacious skippered by Ted Turner was the winner on handicap. Looks like Kiaola was first over the line to win 'line honours'. Dooes this match with your knowledge? Boatman 05:39, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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Acknowledgment

Some portions of this article inspired a paragraph in Turtling (sailing), some concepts in this article, and citations were copied and improved in that process. I wish to thank the authors of this article for their work. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:22, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Aftermath

It may be worth mentioning that after this incident a lot of safety regulations was introduced by the sailing association. (I don't have any references handy, maybe I'll fix this myself at some stage) 2A02:C0:100:0:9E8E:99FF:FED1:5218 (talk) 20:14, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Key contributors to the rescue

The Nimrod contributors to this incident came from the Royal Air Force. The first Nimrod on scene came from RAF Kinloss and was flown by a No. 201 Sqn crew.Griffonmeister (talk) 07:48, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

If you have a reliable source as a reference, please feel free to add this to the article. QuiteUnusual (talk) 08:51, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

No mention of Rodney Hill's Oyster 39 Morningtown, the radio relay vessel? Billlion (talk) 21:31, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Use of SV

SV is a US prefix for sailing vessel. Maybe used a bit in the UK now but does not seem appropriate here. Discuss here before change? Billlion (talk) 21:04, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

I agree. Should use abbreviations that are situationally appropriate. Not unlike choice of style of English. And this seems a better fit. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:00, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

OK finally got around to doing it. I checked against contemporary sources just to check it was not my fading memory. Then as now a small sailing vessel would announce itself on the radio "Yacht Morning Cloud" and hardly anyone would know what SV meant and if they did they would think it sounds a bit pretentious. In the US I understand they use the word Yacht more commonly for larger private motor vessels, something which has crept in in the UK recently as the word is used by tabloid newspapers to describe vessels of the rich and famous. Billlion (talk)

reversal of edits in the introduction

just reversed the edits made by Magnoffiq (talk) in the introduction for the following reasons:

• the issue of whether there was 18 or 19 deaths is already explained and referenced in Section 6 "Yachtsmen killed" and
• the results of the Fastnet race lists all the yachts that did not complete the race as "retired" not "DNF". This is already detailed and referenced in section 5 "Vessels that did not finish"

Ilenart626 (talk) 11:33, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Move Fastnet race to Fastnet Race

This should be moved or retitled Fastnet Race from Fastnet race.

I know about the Wikipedia title conventions but this is wrong and I can give plenty of examples from other topics.

Thanks --82.132.242.26 (talk) 15:02, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Aditional info completing the article

Conc. : "1979 Fastnet Race" article and linked "UFO34" article

Good afternoon,

Own a sailboat, a UFO34 who participate and was dismasted and swamped but is not mentioned in "boats that did'nt finish the race".

In a liked article about "UFO 34", my boat is well mentioned, the   sy (or sv) SANDETTIE

Just rounded the Atlantic solo with it ...

Have pictures of it, in and after the terrible race, even one taken in the port of Penzance with the sy Ariadne who lost 4 men...

How can I get in tough with the editor to transmit the extra info missing in the article ?

Thanks for your soon reply Kind regards Jean jvdli@yahoo.fr Jean Van der Linden (talk) 14:48, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

 Done Sandettie included Ilenart626 (talk) 07:48, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Impact of Coverage

One thing this article does not give any feeling for is the way that the nation was gripped by the story. It became apparent that a disaster was unfolding and this was one of the first stories to be covered in detail as it unfolded - heroic rescues and tragedies. I think, perhaps, as well as a very sad event, it was a landmark in TV journalism. Stub Mandrel (talk)