Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney to Hobart Race
Autor Robert Mundleen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 noi 2008
Telling this story of challenge and survival, Rob Mundle details the history of the race, the excitement of the start and the thrill of competition. It contains extensive interviews with officials, crews, survivors and rescue service personnel, and relates like no other the calamity and tragedy of this classic offshore disaster.
'There are many highly competent skippers and crew...but there is no one who could not benefit from a quiet evening withFatal Storm.' The Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781408107003
ISBN-10: 1408107007
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 32 pages of colour photographs
Dimensiuni: 127 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Adlard Coles
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1408107007
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 32 pages of colour photographs
Dimensiuni: 127 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Adlard Coles
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
This
edition
includes
the
Official
Report
of
the
race
by
the
Review
Committee
and
a
new
Foreword
by
John
Rousmaniere
Notă biografică
Rob
Mundle
is
one
of
Australia's
leading
journalists,
television
presenters
and
yachtsmen.
He
has
covered
the
Sydney-Hobart
race
over
30
times,
as
well
as
competing
on
3
occasions.
Recenzii
"It
contains
extensive
interviews
with
officials,
crews,
survivors
and
rescue
service
personnel,
and
relates
like
no
other
the
calamity
and
tragedy
of
this
classic
offshore
disaster."
"A hard to put down book that keeps its reader gripped."
' A good read about daring men and the unforgiving sea. Recommended '
"Mundle has given a very readable, if soberingly graphic account of the race"
"...it is the human stories of yachtsmen in distress, rescuers taking terrible risks to save them, and the shock that enveloped Australia as the story unfolded that makes this such a gripping story."
'This is a book for boaters and non-boaters - a gripping tale of courage, heroism, danger, and, sadly, disaster. Rob Mundle puts together a totally captivating story that leaves you desperate to turn the next page...will certainly change your point of view the next time you get caught out in a storm.'
"A hard to put down book that keeps its reader gripped."
' A good read about daring men and the unforgiving sea. Recommended '
"Mundle has given a very readable, if soberingly graphic account of the race"
"...it is the human stories of yachtsmen in distress, rescuers taking terrible risks to save them, and the shock that enveloped Australia as the story unfolded that makes this such a gripping story."
'This is a book for boaters and non-boaters - a gripping tale of courage, heroism, danger, and, sadly, disaster. Rob Mundle puts together a totally captivating story that leaves you desperate to turn the next page...will certainly change your point of view the next time you get caught out in a storm.'
Descriere
Telling
the
story
of
the
1998
Sydney
to
Hobart
yacht
race,
this
book
details
the
history
of
the
race,
the
excitement
of
the
start
and
the
thrill
of
competition.
It
contains
extensive
interviews
with
officials,
crews,
survivors
and
rescue
service
personnel.