Talk:1979 Fastnet Race

message: SV Gremalken did not sink as previously recorded - it was damaged but has been refurbished, a friend of mine now owns it.
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:Do you have a source for that?Billlion (talk) 21:03, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Gremalken

message: 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)
thread_title:  Ship's names 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Kiaola 

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--JeffGBot (talk) 00:48, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link 

message: 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)
thread_title: Acknowledgment

message: 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)
thread_title:  Aftermath 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)

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

message: 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)
thread_title:  reversal of edits in the introduction 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Move Fastnet race to Fastnet Race 

message: 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)
replies: text: Sandettie included Ilenart626 (talk) 07:48, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aditional info completing the article