The 1998 Round Britain & Ireland Yacht Race caused havoc amongst the fleet of 41 starters. Of the 15 multihulls, only 7 finished, the rest were scattered around the British Isles: dismasted, hulls & rudders broken, rigging failures - due to the violent weather & gale force winds. Share their challenges, broken rigging, the Arctic cold, the fearsome breaking seas of the open North Atlantic & dangerous rocky lee shores.