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SV Gremalken did not sink as previously recorded - it was damaged but has been refurbished, a friend of mine now owns it. (Unsigned!)
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)
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)
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-- JeffGBot ( talk) 00:48, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
SV is a US prefix for sailing vessel. Maybe used a bit in the UK now but does not seem appropriate here. Discuss here before change? Billlion ( talk) 21:04, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
just reversed the edits made by Magnoffiq ( talk) in the introduction for the following reasons:
Ilenart626 ( talk) 11:33, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
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)
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)
One thing this article does not give any feeling for is the way that the nation was gripped by the story. It became apparent that a disaster was unfolding and this was one of the first stories to be covered in detail as it unfolded - heroic rescues and tragedies. I think, perhaps, as well as a very sad event, it was a landmark in TV journalism. Stub Mandrel ( talk)
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SV Gremalken did not sink as previously recorded - it was damaged but has been refurbished, a friend of mine now owns it. (Unsigned!)
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)
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)
During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!
-- JeffGBot ( talk) 00:48, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
SV is a US prefix for sailing vessel. Maybe used a bit in the UK now but does not seem appropriate here. Discuss here before change? Billlion ( talk) 21:04, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
just reversed the edits made by Magnoffiq ( talk) in the introduction for the following reasons:
Ilenart626 ( talk) 11:33, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
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)
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)
One thing this article does not give any feeling for is the way that the nation was gripped by the story. It became apparent that a disaster was unfolding and this was one of the first stories to be covered in detail as it unfolded - heroic rescues and tragedies. I think, perhaps, as well as a very sad event, it was a landmark in TV journalism. Stub Mandrel ( talk)