What happens on the water doesn’t stay

Mark Twain once said, "Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness." In the Scuttlebutt series of grounding stories, here are some confirmed incidents: The line honors race in the 1983 Sydney Hobart was between the IOR maxis Nirvana and Condor, skippered by Ted Turner.

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Mark Twain once said, "Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness." In the Scuttlebutt series of grounding stories, here are some confirmed incidents:

The line honors race in the 1983 Sydney Hobart was between the IOR maxis Nirvana and Condor, skippered by Ted Turner.

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Mark Twain once said, "Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness." In the Scuttlebutt series of grounding stories, here are some confirmed incidents: The line honors race in the 1983 Sydney Hobart was between the IOR maxis Nirvana and Condor, skippered by Ted Turner.

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