Hobart Races News
Turning Back To Help Stricken Yacht Not An Option: Navigator
Wednesday July 26, 2000
The navigator on board the Margaret Rintoul II agreed with a decision not to turn back and help the dismasted yacht Sword of Orion during the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race, the Coroner's Court heard yesterday. Mr Colin Betts, a veteran of 34 Hobart races, said the weather at the time was the worst