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The Proving Ground,Bruce Knecht

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Title
The Proving Ground
ISBN
9781841152653

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The waters between Sydney and Hobart are famously treacherous. No one is fooled by the clear skies. In the hours before the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race, skippers gathered for a weather briefing. An intense low pressure was predicted, but three different forecasts disagreed about the exact course of the stormy weather. No one was unduly alarmed and all decided to sail. But within hours the yachts were confronted with hurricane-force winds and waves the height of a five-storey building. Six sailors died; 55 were pulled from the water. Of the 115 boats that started, just 43 would finish. In Hobart, a memorial service replaced the legendary parties that normally follow the race. By focussing on a handful of yachts and those who crewed them, Bruce Knecht brilliantly recreates those dramatic hours and the stomach wrenching fear of those caught in the eye of the storm, battling, some forlornly, for their lives.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9781841152653
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90483523

Product Key Features

Publication Year
2001
Book Title
The Proving Ground
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Author
Bruce Knecht
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
222 mm
Item Weight
512 g
Item Width
141 mm

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Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
Bruce Knecht

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