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Stormen under Fastnet Race - Kappsegling mot döden

June 9, 2026 · 23 min

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Den 11 augusti 1979 ger sig 300 segelbåtar ut i det prestigefyllda Fastnet Race utanför Isle of Wight. Men långt ute på Atlanten håller något annat på att vakna.
Snart förvandlas kappseglingen till en mardröm av 20 meter höga vågor och orkanvindar. Seglare kastas överbord, livflottar slits sönder och räddningshelikoptrar försöker nå fram genom det rasande havet.

Detta är berättelsen om stormen under Fastnet Race 1979 – kappseglingen som blev en våldsam kamp för överlevnad.

Inläsare: Ellen Norberg
Research och manus: Johan Ahlenius
Faktagranskning: Linn Ek
Redaktör: Alex Haeger
Klippning och ljuddesign: Evelina Fernerud
Producent: Oliver Bergman
Exekutiv producent: Victoria Rinkous

Källor:
 https://www.yachtingworld.com/features/fastnet-79-matthew-sheahan-122220
 https://www.southernstar.ie/news/flashback-recalling-the-1979-fastnet-race-tragedy-4177983
 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://sailing.co.za/wp-content/
 uploads/2021/04/Vaughan-Giles-Fastnet-Yachting-World-Aug-2009-001921-OCR-
 optimised.pdf
 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7365897/Forty-years-Britains-Fastnet-Race-
 disaster-left-19-yachtsmen-dead-amid-60ft-waves.html
 https://www.skippo.se/nyheter/fastnet-race-100-ar-av-ara-drommar-kamp-och-tragedier
 Disaster at sea: the Fastnet yachting disaster of 1979 (dokumentär). 3:49 – 4:00, 6:07 – 7:20,
 10:36 – 10:50, 11:30 – 12:00, 12:30 – 12:50, 13:20 – 13:30, 14:00 – 14:30, 15:40 – 16:00,
 16:40 – 17:10, 17:30 – 17:50, 19:45 – 20:25, 21:50 – 22:00, 23:30 – 24:00, 24:45 – 25:00,
 25:30 – 25:40, 28:20 – 28:35, 33:00 – 33:30, 40:10 – 40:40, 43:20 – 44:50, 51:00 – 52:00,
 58:40 – 59:25

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