Noted America's Cup historian Bob Fisher has died. Bob Fisher, the world's pre-eminent yachting journalist and one of the top America's Cup historians who also was a champion sailor, has died. He was 85. Fisher died of cancer Monday at his home in Lymington, England, daughter Alice Davies confirmed in an email to The Associated Press. Davies said that shortly after INEOS Team UK clinched a spot in the America's Cup challenger final on Saturday in New Zealand, Sir Ben Ainslie called Fisher's wife, Dee, to say he was dedicating a thrilling victory over Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to Fisher.