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Laddar... Sydney-Hobart dödlig storm : berättelsen om vad som hände under den tragiska Sydney-Hobartkappseglingen 1998av Rob Mundle
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. If you're interested in the 1998 Sydney to Hobart disaster, I would argue that Knecht's 'The Proving Ground' is a slightly stronger book. However, this is a great overview of what occurred and the sheer scale of the storm. Mundle is also a sailor and wrote this quite quickly after the event. He managed to gain great access to those involved and therefore was able to recount what occurred first hand. This is a terrifying but compelling book. Told by an experienced yachting journalist from interviews with survivors (and their rescuers) of the deadly 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race it drags you along with them through the horrors they experienced. Anyone who's done any sailing will find this completely un-put-downable - I started reading it in the bookshop, read it on the bus home and finished it on the couch all in an afternoon. Lessons learned? Doesn't matter how good your boat is and how well prepared the crew - you will not be a match for the worst that nature can throw at you. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
A compelling story, well written and meticulously researched.--Cruising World One of the world's three great ocean sailing competitions, the annual 600-mile race from Sydney, Australia, to Hobart, Tasmania, pits sailboats against the notoriously rough waters of Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea. The 115 boats leaving Sydney Harbor on December 26, 1998, expected rough weather, but the gale that caught the boats well at sea in the predawn hours of December 27 was anything but routine. The freak, unseasonal storm brought hurricane-strength winds, waves six stories high, and the worst sailing disaster in recent history. Seven boats were abandoned at sea and five sank. Fifty-seven sailors were plucked from the decks of broken boats or from the sea itself under impossible conditions. Six sailors died. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I couldn’t believe how heroic the the rescue teams behaved and how more people weren’t lost at sea. As the reader you feel cold and wet throughout the book, as you imagine how terrifying the situation must have been.
A non stop thrill ride. ( )