The proving ground
Subtitle: the inside story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race
By: G. Bruce Knecht.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Co.; Little Brown and Company
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Yacht racing -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.; Storms -- Tasman Sea -- History -- 20th century.; Search and rescue operations -- Tasman Sea -- History -- 20th century.
Description: An 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.