Fatal Storm-book excerpt

[soyuz]

Before the race Millar and Oxley had watched a video on how British yachtsman
Tony Bullimore survived inside his upturned yacht in the Southern Ocean.
This was fast becoming a reality for them because their yacht showed no
sing of righting. Millar moved into the bow area to check on the foward hatch,
it would be their only way out if the yacht sank by the stern. "It's amazing
what you do in a situations like that," recalls John Byrne. " Ray Lafontaine
grabbed the microphone on the radio and said,`What about a mayday?`
Will turned to him and said something like," I'll attend to do that when it's
appropriate." Ray held the microphone to his mouth and let out this textbook
perfect mayday. We all just looked at him bemused, as if asking, " Who are
you calling, Flipper the dolphin? Mate,we're upside down!" Then, without
warning, the ghostly silence was broken by an almighty WOOSH! and all hell
broke loose in the cabin yet again. B-52 was back upright. It had been inverted for an estimated four minutes.


the book is called Fatal Storm- the inside story of the tragic sydney hobart
race. Author is Rob mundle.

[St Anna]

got it, read it. Do you have a comment soyaz?

[soyuz]

i read that book twice in fact.
i really like it.
the part that i posted in here is just insane.
soyuz.

[sailjunkie]

If you are referring to the 1998 race, another very good book is called The Proving Ground, by G. Bruce Knecht.