Skip to content  Five Perish in Farallon Race  Horrible tragedy
struck Saturday in the difficult wind and wave ocean conditions
near the Farallon Islands, 50 km offshore (further than the
English Channel is wide) from San Francisco.  Latitude 38
relayed the official statement from the San Francisco Yacht Club
in an article published today called "Search Suspended for
Farallones Racers"  Acting as spokesman for the club, YC board
member Ed Lynch explained that as Low Speed Chase was rounding
the largest island in the southeast portion of the Farallon
cluster, it was hit broadside by a large wave that launched
several crewmembers overboard. The boat was reportedly turned
around in an attempt to rescue them, but a second wave hurled
all but Vos into the churning surf, and the hull was eventually
driven onto the foaming lee shore. The vessel's EPIRB was
activated, and almost simultaneously a mayday was called in from
Jim Quanci's Cal 40 Green Buffalo, which was sailing nearby.
Quanci and his crew were the first t