Robert Hoffer is a technologist, doing stuff above our paygrade, but he's also a lifelong sailor and shares how his two ...

It began as a prestigious sailing competition—and ended as one of the worst disasters in modern yacht racing history. In August 1979, 303 yachts sailed into a storm no one saw coming. Nineteen people ...

On August 11th, 1979, 303 yachts set sail, each with the same goal to finish and potentially win the Fastnet race. On the third day of a race, the shipping weather forecast warned the sailors about ...