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The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race
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Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (November 1, 2001)
9780786236435 | details & prices | 447 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $29.95
About: On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats set out on the annual race from Sydney to Hobart; only 43 would make it to the Tasmanian city, and six sailors would be dead, the race having turned in the worst modern sailing disaster since the 1979 Fastnet Race.
About: On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats set out on the annual race from Sydney to Hobart; only 43 would make it to the Tasmanian city, and six sailors would be dead, the race having turned in the worst modern sailing disaster since the 1979 Fastnet Race.
Paperback
from Amazon Pub (December 6, 2011)
9781612181431 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.86 lbs | List price $14.95
About: In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.
About: In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.
from Grand Central Pub (April 1, 2002)
9780446611855 | details & prices | 368 pages | 4.00 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $7.50
About: 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.
About: 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.