The Proving Ground
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In This 10Th Anniversary Edition, With A New Afterword From The Author, G.Bruce Knecht Tells The Harrowing Story Of A World-Renowned Sailing Race Gone Fatally Bad. On December 26, 1998, 115 Sailboats Crossed The Starting Line Of The Famous Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race. The 630-Nautical-Mile Contest Is Among The Most Difficult Races In The World, A Test Of Strength And Endurance Like Few Others. But No One Could Have Foreseen The Tragedy That Would Befall The Competitors, Who Sailed Into A Massive Storm That Tore Apart The Fleet With Hurricane-Force Winds And Eighty-Foot Waves. What Began As A Race For Glory Rapidly Became A Fight For Survival. In This Gripping Insider&;S Account, Award-Winning Writer G. Bruce Knecht Focuses On Three Yachts And Their Crews, Weaving Together An Extraordinary Story With Vivid Detail, Outsized Personalities, And High Drama. Most Importantly, He Offers A Glimpse Into How People With Very Different Backgrounds Responded To Something Bigger Than They Were&;And How It Changed Them Forever. Hailed As &;Harrowing&; By The New York Times, &;Pulse-Pounding&; By People Magazine, And &;The Perfect Storm Of Blue-Water Sailboat Racing&; By Walter Cronkite, The Proving Ground Is A True-To-Life Adventure Tale As Thrilling As Any Work Of Fiction.
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