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Mirabella V

Everybody's talking about Mirabella V, Joe Vittoria's, Ron Holland-designed super sloop. At 100m (338ft) from keel to masthead, she's twice as tall as Nelson's Column and is large enough to park several double-decker buses inside the hull. She's taken just two years to build and is nearing completion in the UK.

Fastnet 79

The 1979 Fastnet Race remains the worst disaster in the history of offshore racing. Fifteen race crew lost their lives, as did four from a trimaran shadowing the race and two from a cruising boat unfortunate to be in the area at the time. Now, 30 years on, we look at various aspects of that storm and the lessons learnt.


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