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Alan Barnes MBE was part of Fastnet Race rescue operation

By The Editor 16th Sep 2021

Local News

One of yachting's greatest challenges, the Fastnet Race is always daring, and always demanding, but in 1979 it was the scene of the greatest disaster in ocean racing history....

     

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