Title: The proving ground
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.
Subjects: Storms, Sydney-Hobart Race (54th : 1998), Search and rescue operations, Yacht racing, History, Sydney-Hobart Race. fast (OCoLC)fst01409431, Boats and boating, Sports, australia, Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race (1998), Search and rescue operations -- Tasman Sea, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Places: Australia, Tasman Sea
Time periods: 20th century