num_pages: 320
description: A gripping account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed and profiles the special individuals who risk their lives at sea, including Oracle founder Larry Ellison. 75,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race
titlecomplete: The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race
genres: Outdoors, Adventure, Australia, Nonfiction, Sports, Survival, Travel, History
ratings_count: 1142
publisher: Little Brown & Co