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