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With Bob Fisher s passing on January 25, at home in Lymington, the America s Cup lost its greatest advocate and chronicler, and the sport one of its great and enduring characters. He was aged 85yrs and had been, amongst many other media roles, yachting and America s Cup correspondent for the Guardian for 55 years from 1958 to 2013. I sat at the same desk as Bob, or certainly within easy earshot, for two Olympics (2008 and 2012) and the last three three America s Cups, plus another couple of Cups in Auckland and several significant events where Bob was part of the sailing press corps. Only a higher calling would have kept him from being here in Auckland or absent from any America s Cup. ....
Eight bells for Bob Fisher: 1935-2021 0shares Barry Pickthall collaborated with Bob Fisher on numerous books. He looks back at the life of the sailor and journalist Bob Fisher s infamous rum punch party aboard Barracuda of Tarrant during the 1991 Cowes Week. Credit: Guy Gurney He was 85. Three days before, Sir Ben Ainslie had called him from Auckland where he and his INEOS British America’s Cup team had just won what was probably the most exciting race in the 170-year history for the ‘Auld Mug’ to dedicate their victory to this fabled Cup historian. He called Bob the ‘doyen of yachting correspondents and a very good yachtsman in his own right. Wherever you went in the world, Bob knew everyone… A real character…just a lovely man,’ said Sir Ben. ....
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 th ....