Bob Fisher, top yachting writer, Cup historian, dies at 85
By BERNIE WILSONJanuary 27, 2021 GMT
This Sept. 7, 2007 photo provided by Daniel Forster shows Bob Fisher. Fisher, the world s preeminent yachting journalist and one of the top America s Cup historians who also was a champion sailor, died of cancer on Monday, Jan. 26, 2021, at his home in Lymington, England, his daughter Alice Davies confirmed in an email to The Associated Press. He was 85. (Daniel Forster via AP)
This Sept. 7, 2007 photo provided by Daniel Forster shows Bob Fisher. Fisher, the world s preeminent yachting journalist and one of the top America s Cup historians who also was a champion sailor, died of cancer on Monday, Jan. 26, 2021, at his home in Lymington, England, his daughter Alice Davies confirmed in an email to The Associated Press. He was 85. (Daniel Forster via AP)
Born: Brightlingsea, Essex UK on 20.04.1935
Died: Lymington, Hampshire UK on 25.01.2021
Bob Fisher, the larger-than-life yachtsman, journalist and author crossed the bar peacefully on January 25th surrounded by family. He was 85.
Three days before, Sir Ben Ainslie had called him from Auckland, New Zealand where he and his INEOS Team UK America s Cup team had just won the most exciting race in the 170-year history for the Auld Mug to dedicate their victory to this fabled Cup historian.
Bob Fisher was born and bred in the coastal town of Brightlingsea, Essex UK and made sailing his life. Engaged by stories from the professional Brightlingsea fishermen who crewed the big yachts of their day, including Sir Thomas Sopwith s two British J Class America s Cup challengers Endeavour and Endeavour II in 1934 and 37, he first made a name as a top crew, winning 7 national and world titles in the National Hornet and Fireball high performance dinghy classes. He also won the International