"Taylor. The band had a UK/US top 10 hit with their first single ""Election Day"", and released one album, ""So Red The Rose"" in 1985. While Le Bon has been in Duran Duran for the band's entire recording history, he has also dabbled in solo outings. In 1985, for the Whitbread Round the World Race, he contributed a song entitled ""Grey Lady Of The Sea"" and narrated a video of that year's race called ""Drum"" (1987). ""Grey Lady Of The Sea"" was released as a single in Japan in 1988. In 1989, for Jonathan Elias' ""Requiem For The Americas"" project,"
"Their names were added to the Fastnet memorial at Cape Clear Island harbour. 1979 Fastnet race The 1979 Fastnet race was the twenty-eighth Royal Ocean Racing Club's Fastnet race, a yachting race held generally every two years since 1925 on a 605-mile course from Cowes direct to the Fastnet Rock and then to Plymouth via south of the Isles of Scilly. In 1979, it was the climax of the five-race Admiral's Cup competition, as it had been since 1957. A worse-than-expected storm on the third day of the race wreaked havoc on over 303 yachts that started the biennial race,"
"to Falmouth, Cornwall, from June–August 1965 in the thirteen-and-a-half-foot ""Tinkerbelle""—this was the smallest boat to make the crossing at the time. The town was the location for the 1966, 1982 and 1998 Tall Ships' Race in which approximately ninety Tall Ships set sail for Lisbon, Portugal. It also saw total coverage of the total eclipse of the Sun at 11:11 a.m. on 11 August 1999, where this eclipse lasted just over two minutes – the longest duration in the UK. Falmouth is twinned with Douarnenez in Brittany, France and Rotenburg an der Wümme, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Falmouth, Cornwall Falmouth"
"1979 Fastnet race The 1979 Fastnet race was the twenty-eighth Royal Ocean Racing Club's Fastnet race, a yachting race held generally every two years since 1925 on a 605-mile course from Cowes direct to the Fastnet Rock and then to Plymouth via south of the Isles of Scilly. In 1979, it was the climax of the five-race Admiral's Cup competition, as it had been since 1957. A worse-than-expected storm on the third day of the race wreaked havoc on over 303 yachts that started the biennial race, resulting in 19 fatalities (15 yachtsmen and 4 spectators). Emergency services, naval forces,"
"and raced again. She is berthed in Plymouth. Over 4000 people aided in the rescue efforts. The Royal Navy coordinated efforts to find around 80 vessels and rescue 136 crew members. Key contributors to the rescue These RNLI lifeboats spent 75 hours at sea in winds The Fastnet Race Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Cowes, Isle of Wight lists 19 fatalities, the 15 above and Olivia Davidson, John Dix, Richard Pendred & Peter Pickering who were aboard ""Bucks Fizz"" (a yacht shadowing the fleet to view the race). Denis Benson and David Moore were lost from ""Tempean"" (not a competitor)."
"in 2002. She was returned to the water and is now based at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. ""Teignmouth Electron"" was sold to a tour operator in Jamaica and eventually ended up damaged and abandoned on Cayman Brac, where she lies to this day. After being driven ashore during a storm at Cabo San Lucas, the restored ""Joshua"" was acquired by the maritime museum in La Rochelle, France, where it serves as part of a cruising school. Given the failure of most starters and the tragic outcome of Crowhurst's voyage, considerable controversy was raised over the race and its organisation."
"include: The Needles, Portland Bill, Start Point, The Lizard, Land's End, the Fastnet Rock, Bishop's Rock off the Scillies and Plymouth breakwater. Weston Martyr, a British yachtsman, conceived the idea of the race after having competed in Bermudan yacht races. Entered by seven vessels, the inaugural Fastnet Race was won by ""Jolie Brise"" in 1925. The International Offshore Rule (IOR) was introduced in 1973, and the yachts and crews began taking sponsorships. A severe storm during the 1979 race resulted in the deaths of eighteen people (fifteen competing yachtsmen and three rescuers) and the involvement of some 4,000 others in"
"for egress into the sea. All uninjured crew were taken to Baltimore. The Naval Service patrol ship ""LÉ Aoife"" remained with the hull, worth $10,000,000 before the capsize, before it was towed to Barleycove by the Castletownbere-based tug ""Ocean Bank"". The Fastnet Monohull Race record was set,42hrs 39min, by Volvo Open 70 Abu Dhabi, skippered by Ian Walker. Plymouth Yacht Haven was selected as host port RORC Increased the number of entries to meet demands. With the entry limit of 300 filled within 24 hours, over 100 boats on the waiting list and entries from multihulls, IMOCA 60s and Class"
"play at The Recreation Ground, a site at the top of The Moor. Falmouth is also home to one of Cornwall's biggest cricket clubs, where four teams represent the town in the Cornwall Cricket League, with the 1st team playing in the Cornwall Premier League. Falmouth CC play at the Trescobeas ground on Trescobeas Road. With its proximity to sheltered and unsheltered waters, Falmouth has long been a popular boating and water sports location. It is, for example, a centre of Cornish pilot gig rowing. Solo yachtsman Robert Manry crossed the Atlantic from Falmouth, Massachusetts (which is named for Falmouth)"
"British sea rescue organization. She took part in several sea rescue operations. In years 1995, 1997, 1999 she took part in the renowned Fastnet Race. When living in UK she did very many club races and cruises across English Channel and Irish Sea. Twice she sailed in the two-handed transatlantic races: in 1986 in the ""Two-Star"" from Plymouth in England to Newport, Rhode Island in the US on the catamaran ""Alamatur III"" and in 2001 in the race Transat Jacques Vabre from Le Havre to Brasil, on board the 50ft ""Olympian Challenger"". In 2000, on the 40-foot yacht ""Ntombifuti"" she"
"use them. He worked for two international sail makers in Liguria: Hood Sails in Sanremo and then in Rapallo for Horizon, that went on to become North Sails Italia. In 1979 he took part in the ill-fated edition of the Fastnet Race, in which an unexpected storm lost one hundred and five vessels, resulting in the largest rescue operation to ever take place in peace time until that moment. In 1980 he returned to Ravenna, where he received an offer to work as Works Manager in a sailing boat manufacturer in Fano. Before accepting the offer he completed his racing"
"home to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton during filming in London, named for their children) as a support vessel for the America's Cup races, but has since sold the ship. He also once owned the luxury yacht MY ""Land's End"". He founded Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth, Cornwall, which builds and restores luxury yachts. He is also a sponsor of the Grenada Sailing Festival. He has raced for many years in the Bucket Regatta in Newport, Rhode Island, and St Barts in the Caribbean. He was awarded the trophy ""Spirit of the Bucket"" in 2010. In November 2005, he succeeded Theo"
"The multihull race record is currently held by the 130-foot trimaran ""Banque Populaire V"", skippered by Loïck Peyron, with a total elapsed time of 32hrs, 48min (an average speed of 18.5 knots), set in 2011. Peyron held the previous multihull record, set in 1999 in the 60-foot ORMA trimaran ""Fujcolor II"" of 40hrs, 27min. Fastnet Race The Fastnet Race is a famous biennial offshore yacht race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom, named after the Fastnet Rock, which the race course rounds. Generally considered one of the classic offshore races, 'Fastnet' is a difficult contest"
"including pop star Simon Le Bon, were rescued safely. The lifeboat station is situated in Tinners Walk close to Falmouth Docks. The building is shared with H.M. Coastguard and separate areas provide covered storage for the coastguard equipment and the RNLI inshore lifeboat. The building also houses an RNLI fund-raising shop. A slipway in front of the building is used for launching the ILB, while the all-weather boat is moored at a pontoon alongside. The RNLI aims to reach any casualty up to from its stations, and within two hours in good weather. To do this the Severn class lifeboat"
"by a wide channel. Fastnet also gives its name to the sea area used by the Shipping Forecasts on BBC Radio 4. The current lighthouse is the second to be built on the rock and is the highest in Ireland. Fastnet Rock is used as the midpoint of one of the world's classic offshore yachting races, the Fastnet Race, a round trip from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, round the rock and back to Plymouth. It is also sometimes used as a mark for yacht races from local sailing centres such as Schull, Baltimore, and Crookhaven. Construction of the"
"accommodation for disabled visitors to the Isle of Man. On 30 January 2015, Dunlop was voted Northern Ireland's greatest sports star by readers of the ""Belfast Telegraph"" newspaper. On the night of 23 May 1985, Dunlop was travelling from Northern Ireland to the Isle of Man for the annual TT races by sea, aboard the ""Tornamona"", a former fishing boat. The vessel had departed from Strangford, County Down with Dunlop, other riders, racebikes and equipment aboard. Strong currents into Strangford Lough pushed the ""Tornamona"" onto St Patrick’s Rock where her rudder broke off in a crevice. The boat sank and"
"July 1955. During this period in 1949 she was involved in an accident in the Surrey Commercial Docks when her deck cargo shifted and she took a sudden list and lost it colliding with the motor coaster ""Grampian Coast"". Though this damaged her stem, it was patched up and was sold. She then was derigged and worked as a timber lighter for Brown & Co, of Chelmsford, on the Blackwater. In 1964 John Fairbrother, trading as Maldon Yacht & Barge Charter Co Ltd, bought and was re-rigged and refurbished as a twelve berth charter vessel. He raced her in the"
"at Falmouth has an operating range of and a top speed of . Adjacent lifeboats are at Fowey Lifeboat Station to the East, and The Lizard Lifeboat Station to the West. 'ON' is the RNLI's sequential Official Number; 'Op. No.' is the operational number painted onto the boat. Falmouth Lifeboat Station Falmouth Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Falmouth, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1867 and the present station was opened in 1993. It operates a Severn Class all-weather boat (AWB)"
"90 minutes on the leader at the Fastnet rock, the SV ""Kialoa"" by chancing a spinnaker. Jim Kilroy of the ""Kialoa"" had broken his ribs and there was damage to the yacht's runners. SV ""Condor of Bermuda"" broke the Fastnet record by nearly eight hours (71h25m23s). Of the 303 starters, only 86 finished. There were 194 retirements and 24 abandonments (five of which were ""lost believed sunk""). Early press reports were often confused. The Daily Telegraph reported that 69 yachts did not finish. Main source: ""Daily Telegraph"", p. 3, 16 August 1979. Also ""Polar Bear"" was abandoned but remained afloat"
"sank in Lyme Bay in 50 metres of water. All crew however were rescued and returned to land safe. The leg to Plymouth was won by a British crew Silverline (owned and driven by famous offshore racer Drew Langdon) with the Norwegians ""Lionhead"" second and the surprise of the day the Greek boat Blue FPT third. The 2nd leg next day had to be cancelled because of huge seas in the Bristol Channel so the Fleet made its way by road to Milford Haven in South Wales to be ready for their run to Northern Ireland the following day. Conditions"
"company Rolex since 2001. The Race prize is known as the Fastnet Challenge Cup. The Fastnet Race takes place every two years over a course of . The race starts off Cowes on the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England at the Royal Yacht Squadron. Leaving The Solent through The Needles Channel, the race follows the southern coastline of England westward down the English Channel, before rounding Land's End. After crossing the Celtic Sea, the race rounds the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland. Returning on a largely reciprocal course, the race rounds the Isles"
"hull has a reverse sheer, and she has a Masthead rig. She proved to be a very successful boat, winning her maiden race from Cowes to Dinard and back. She was forced to retire from the 1949 Fastnet Race, but performed well in the Newport Bermuda Race in 1950, and was first home in the first postwar transatlantic race from Bermuda to Plymouth immediately afterwards. She was skipped for both races by Humphrey Barton, and amongst the crew was Tim Heywood. She was bought by John Tassos in 1965, and by Robert Schyberg in 1988. She was renovated in 1991"
"1988 he was rescued with three other crew from the liferaft of the catamaran ""D-Flawless"" after the vessel hit a whale and was destroyed in rough weather offshore from Port Stephens. He competed against Sir Peter Blake in the 1988 Bicentennial Two Handed Around Australia yacht race. His Co-Skipper aboard the 40 ft Catamaran John West was Catherine Reed and Le Sueur proposed on the finish line of this 8000 nautical mile race. Le Sueur has cruised and raced many catamarans throughout the Indo-Pacific. In 2011 he capsized the catamaran ""Top Gun/eDoc"" In 2013 Gavin Le Sueur kite buggied and"
"country. The regatta was based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight off southern England and was organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. From 1957 to 1999 the cup was competed for between national teams, each having three boats. Initially only Great Britain and the United States took part but, in later years, many other teams also participated. The Fastnet race was part of the Admiral's Cup during this time. The Australians won for the first time in 1967, the winning boat—Mercedes III—designed by Ted Kaufman and Bob Miller (later Ben Lexcen), who went on to success in the"
"the vessel, and it was lost. In the 2006/2007 VELUX 5 Oceans Race (a single-handed, round the world race), the Open 60 yacht ""Hugo Boss"", skippered by Alex Thomson, had to be abandoned in the Southern Ocean due to the snapping of the hydraulic rams that controlled the keel, which caused the catastrophic failure of the keel. When this failure caused the yacht to nearly capsize, the boat was abandoned; Thomson was rescued by fellow competitor Mike Golding. On 25 November 2006, the boat's Sat C transponder stopped transmitting. The abandoned hull was found washed up on the shores of"
"- despite being clipped on, 60-year-old Simon Speirs was washed overboard during a headsail change on CV30 ""Great Britain"". He was recovered from the sea within 36 minutes but did not regain consciousness. He was buried at sea the following morning. The MAIB's initial findings concluded that the hook at the end of his safety tether had deformed under load after being caught under a deck cleat and eventually released. Two yachts have been lost during the race: On January 31, 2016, while on Race 7 from Australia to Vietnam, ""LMAX Exchange"" came across the private yacht ""Sayo"", dismasted and"
"a large wave while en route to Cowes from Burnham-on-Crouch. Heath was not on board. Two of the seven crew drowned. It was insured by Lloyd's of London. This was only three days after ""Morning Cloud I"" (see above) sank. Designed by Sparkman and Stephens, length 45 ft., hull material aluminium, constructed by Allday Aluminium of Gosport, year of launch 1975. Designed by Ron Holland, length 44 ft., hull material composite, year of launch 1977. In the 1979 Fastnet race (which was part of the Admiral's Cup) it lost its rudder and failed to finish. Heath sold the boat in"
"and classes of boats were added over the years. During the 1985 race, the whole fleet was met with bad weather. Fierce waves ripped a hole in the 35-foot yacht Tomahawk. The crew of eight abandoned ship when skipper Tom Lowry of Grosse Pointe Shores radioed a Mayday and sent up flares. They were rescued from their life boat by Charles Bayer, captain of Old Bear. Tomahawk sank 28 miles northwest of Tobermory, Ontario. Of the 305 boats entered in the 1985 race, 96 dropped out before the finish. The estimated total damage to the fleet was $500,000. Throughout the"
"vividly the severe winter of 2013/14, when she worked closely with the emergency community involved in the response and recovery of the Somerset Levels flooding. Sailing is a life long hobby, and during London 2012 she was able to combine this passion with her weather forecasting skills. Penny was a member of the successful Met Office forecasting team for the sailing events in Weymouth for the Olympics and Paralympics. Since then, Penny has presented the weather brief for the 2015 and 2017 Fastnet Races to the competing yachtsmen and yachtswomen taking part in this iconic sailing challenge. Penny is a"
"began after 6:30 am on 14 August, once the winds had dropped to severe gale Force 9. ""15 sailors died, five boats sank, and at least 75 boats flipped upside down."" In any event, adopting heaving to as a storm tactic proved to be a good preventive of capsize and turtling during the race. One author opines that not one of the hove to yachts were capsized or suffered any serious damage, but the official inquiry makes no such conclusion. One Fastnet participant, John Rousmaniere, writes that This seminal disaster resulted in a major rethink of racing, risks and prevention."
"55–63 mph). During the June 1994 Queen's Birthday Storm all yachts that hove to successfully survived the storm. This included ""Sabre"", a 10.4 m (34 ft) steel cutter with two persons on board, which hove to in wind speeds averaging 80 knots for 6 hours with virtually no damage. During the ill-fated 1979 Fastnet race, of 300 yachts, 158 chose to adopt storm tactics; 86 'lay ahull', whereby the yacht adopts a 'beam on' attitude to the wind and waves; 46 ran before the wind under bare poles or trailing warps/sea anchors and 26 hove to. 100 yachts suffered knock"
"in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. The event hosts were Team Invictus and the organising club was Restronguet Sailing Club , with shore facilities provided by Windsport International It was estimated that there were 10 teams and up to 16 competing boats. Teams are expected from Challenge Italia (Roberto Gripi), Team Hydros C Class Sailing (Switzerland) , USA (Steve Clark, Aethon & Cogito), Canada (reigning champion, Fred Eaton), Team Invictus UK, Team Cascais (Portugal), Challenge France (France) and Groupama (France). The 2015 ICCCC will be held on Lake Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland September 12-21. International C-Class Catamaran Championship The International C-Class Catamaran"
"race, the sixtieth anniversary of her victory. Stormy Weather raced again in the Fastnet in 2015 to celebrate the eighieth anniversary of her victory. On this occasion she placed eleventh overall and fourth in her class. The boat was completely restored in 2001 at the shipyard of Argentario, in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy. Olin Stephens last raced on ""Stormy Weather"" at Argentario, in 2007, when he was 98 years old. Stephens, Olin J. ""All this and Sailing, Too"". Mystic Seaport Museum, 1999. . Stephens, Olin J. ""Lines : A Half-Century of Yacht Design by Sparkman & Stephens, 1930-1980"". David R."