ex-R.N.L.B. The Guy and Clare Hunter 50 Miles SW of the Scilly Isles during the fastnet Storm. This and the picture below were taken from a Sea King Rescue Helicopter from Culdrose.
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 women were smashed by forty-foot breaking waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them . i think this is one of my favorite photographs well done to all who took part many years ago i remember still seeing a lot of the Yachts being towed back to newlyn and penzance ,francis Thanks to 'Quinton Nelson' now the owner of the Guy and clare Hunter http://www.nelsonsboats.co.uk/