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Noted Americas Cup historian Bob Fisher has died. Bob Fisher, the worlds pre-eminent yachting journalist and one of the top Americas 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 Americas Cup challenger final on Saturday in New Zealand, Sir Ben Ainslie called Fishers wife, ...

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 worlds preeminent yachting journalist and one of the top Americas 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 phot...

2021 British Topper Nationals Heads for Ballyholme Yacht Club Next July 24th December 2020 This is the first time the Nationals have been held in Northern Ireland Credit: Simon McIlwaine Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough will host the British Topper Nationals, scheduled for early August next year, a few days after the World Championships in Cork Harbour. With the Irish Nationals in Northern Ireland at Strangford Lough Yacht Club in the calendar for 2nd-4th July, there will be a fantasti...