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Crew delay. Also I believe their Iridium GO was not working, it had been problematic all season so they were probably not receiving any updates other than what they might have received on SSB (can't remember if they had one) Sailing to the timetable set by crew members unfortunately sees more than a few yachts venturing out into conditions they really should not.

For sure they are a good idea on high speed boats, but i would give up racing rather than wear a helmet on a slow old family cruiser like mine. Happy to wear a helmet if i was lucky enough to be on a foiler though, but for crashes, not booms.

The next step, https://www.livesaildie.com/helmets-yeah-or-nah-the-survey-results-are-in/

Full Instructions are here https://marinehowto.com/bed-it-tape/ but basically clean the area to be used, and put it on the surface. Bolt/screw down the hardware and trim of the excess that squeezes out. You may have to do the trim bit again a few weeks later. That's it - as bolted down, it squeezes out and seals around fastenings, although I tend to put some around the top of bolts and countersinks as well.

got new bedding for the single bunk as well?

I think the big difference is between mass-casualty events and individual boat events. You can never say never, but I would posit that the risk / probability of a major mass casualty event is markedly reduced due to modern weather forecasting and current safety standards, crew training and boat construction standards etc.

To answer your question, I'll tell a little tail: I raced in the 2007 Fastnet. I was navigator so attended the safety briefing with the skipper. The weather situation and weather map was identical to the 1979 weather map. There was a weather map of the '79 event inside the front cover of the book "Fastnet Force 10". They put the '07 weather map up on a screen in the briefing and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck - very freaky. The start was delayed by 25 hours. 1 day plus 1 hour to match the tide through the Needles Channel. At the time it was glassy calm and smoking hot, so

Is like this year was