I’d like to pay tribute to world champion sailor, renowned sailing journalist and friend, Bob Fisher.
Bob Fisher, a great friend, a great character, and a great loss. Bob Fisher brought to yachting journalism not just a command of the language, but a very deep knowledge of the sport. He was a World Champion in two dinghy classes and crewed on Lady Helmsman when she won the Little America's Cup. He never lost his love of our sport. His knowledge of the history of the America's Cup was a universally accepted reliable source.
From a personal perspective, when we teamed up for the two handed Round Britain Race in his 45 footer Barracuda, not only did we beat every boat under 65 feet, we had a fantastic and enjoyable time doing it. I will always remember before we left Barra in that race, going to have breakfast before we set off around the north of Scotland, and Bob asked the waiter for a bottle of claret. The waiter seemed somewhat taken aback by the request, to which Bob demanded, in his well-known stentorian voice: 'Don’t you normally serve claret for breakfast here then?'
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