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)