I just finished up Proving Ground, by Bruce G. Knecht. It was about the 1998 Syndey to Hobart race. This race is famous for a couple of things. One, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle was onboard his ship Sayonara, and two, a huge storm that claimed several lives. It had good descriptions of the storms. I wish there had been more maps and more race kind of information, as it was sometime hard to keep track of the who and wheres.
It was a good read, and really conveyed the characters pretty well. I thought the Larry Ellison accounts would have been more interesting as he is well known in the computer industry for being a rather "different" individual.
It's not my favorite sailing book, but it was a good read. I just wish I could get out on the water more than once per year. Wonder if I could ever get on a trip like this onerounding Cape Horn.
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