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Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney to Hobart Race

Autor Robert Mundle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 noi 2008
The Sydney to Hobart yacht race is one of the world's major sporting events. In 1998, it became one of the world's major sporting disasters. Six sailors tragically perished, countless others suffered injuries, and numerous yachts sank or were badly damaged. The subsequent search and rescue operation was one of the most phenomenally accomplished peacetime efforts the world has ever seen.
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

'Riveting and harrowing.' The Telegraph

'A must-read for anyone who races offshore.' Yachts and Yachting
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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

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.'

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.