The Proving Ground It was the day after Christmas when sailboats crossed the starting line in what would become the worst disaster in recent sailing history. They had gathered for a famous mile race that would take them from Sydney and across one of the world’s most treacherous bodies of water and then on to Hobart, on Tasmania’s rugged east coast. · The Proving Ground by G Bruce Knecht is available through Amazon, RRP $ Kooky, believing that Brownie was on the verge of shock and overreacting, said, ‘It’s okay. Glyn knows what he’s Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. A former senior writer and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, G. Bruce Knecht is the author of Grand Ambition as well as The Proving Ground. After joining the Journal in , he wrote about the banking industry and pursued investigative projects until when he began covering publishing—books, magazines, newspapers, and the press.
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G. Bruce Knecht is a former senior writer and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and the author of The Proving Ground as well as Hooked: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish. After joining the Journal in , he wrote about the banking industry and pursued investigative projects until when he began covering publishing—books, magazines, newspapers and the press. From The Proving Ground by G Bruce Knecht At about , the owner Kooky’s requirement for giving up the race was surpassed as the wind reached close to 70 knots. By then, the yacht was 90 miles. The Proving Ground It was the day after Christmas when sailboats crossed the starting line in what would become the worst disaster in recent sailing history. They had gathered for a famous mile race that would take them from Sydney and across one of the world’s most treacherous bodies of water and then on to Hobart, on Tasmania’s rugged east coast.
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