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/

ex-R.N.L.B. The Guy and Clare Hunter
Launched from St Mary's in the Scillies with Matt Lethbridge as Coxswain. While storms are rare in August, the one which struck in 1979 was of unusual ferocity.
Had it not been for the superb efforts of the rescue services in both tragedies, loss of life could have been far higher.
By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned ship, five yachts had sunk, courtesy Quinton Nelson' owner

ex-R.N.L.B. The Guy and Clare Hunter as she is now.
Fully restored to as near the original Livery and appearance as she was when on service.
COURTESY (Quinton Nelson'OWNER)

Guy and Clare hunter engine room all pic's courtesy of Quinton Nelson' now the owner

guy and clare hunter