The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race - the most
dramatic in yacht racing history The waters between Sydney and
Hobart are famously treacherous. No one is fooled by the clear
skies. In the hours before the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race, skippers
gathered for a weather briefing. An intense low pressure was
predicted, but three different forecasts disagreed about the exact
course of the stormy weather. No one was unduly alarmed and all
decided to sail. But within hours the yachts were confronted with
hurricane-force winds and waves the height of a five-storey
building. Six sailors died; fifty-five were pulled from the water.
Of the 115 boats that started, just 43 would finish. In Hobart a
memorial service replaced the legendary parties that normally
follow the race. By focussing on a handful of yachts and those who
crewed them, Bruce Knecht brilliantly recreates those dramatic
hours and the stomach wrenching fear of those caught in the eye of
the storm, battling, some forlornly, for their lives.
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