An edition of The proving ground (2001)
The Proving Ground
By G. Bruce Knecht
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Publish Date
April 1, 2002
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
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