Re: [Cal_Boats] Fasnet Book, was:Exciting America's Cup news

I think the book that you are thinking about was written by John Rousmaniere and described the aftermath of the 1979 Fasnet Race near Britain, a storm devastated the fleet and many lives were lost. Interestingly enough, many boats that were abandoned in that race remained afloat and were recovered, yet many lives were lost from the crews of those boats when they the life rafts failed/capsized. Mr. Rousmaniere tried to make the point about not taking to a raft until you had to step UP to get into the raft if I recall. Rod Johnson, "SUNBIRD" 1979 O'DAY DS II #10201 former co-owner of "NODROG" 1970 CAL 21 #285 On Tue, 11 May 2010 21:21:48 -0400 "john raxter" <jr… [at] triad.rr.com> writes: Ok, I think someone else wrote a book about this concerning one of the tragic TrasAtl races of the 70s. Good read if you can find it. john PennyStocks Soaring 600% Sign up for FREE email alerts on stocks that jump 600% and more! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4beb2188e5f0d60c9dm02duc

I think the book is called "Fastnet Force 10" --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Rodney G. Johnson" <rjohnson24@...> wrote: > > I think the book that you are thinking about was written by John > Rousmaniere and described the aftermath of the 1979 Fasnet Race near > Britain, a storm devastated the fleet and many lives were lost. > Interestingly enough, many boats that were abandoned in that race > remained afloat and were recovered, yet many lives were lost from the > crews of those boats when they the life rafts failed/capsized. Mr. > Rousmaniere tried to make the point about not taking to a raft until you > had to step UP to get into the raft if I recall. > > Rod Johnson, "SUNBIRD" > 1979 O'DAY DS II #10201 > former co-owner of "NODROG" > 1970 CAL 21 #285 > > On Tue, 11 May 2010 21:21:48 -0400 "john raxter" <jraxter@...> > writes: > > Ok, > I think someone else wrote a book about this concerning one of the > tragic TrasAtl races of the 70s. Good read if you can find it. > > john >