An edition of The proving ground (2001)
Proving Ground
The Inside Story of the Sydney to Hobart Boat Race
By G. Bruce Knecht
Publish Date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Limited,Fourth Estate Paperbacks
Language
eng
Pages
321
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
Times: 20th century