Ever Given captain may find great company in the nautical club nobody wants to join
They will not be alone in having a maritime mishap - the South-West Shingles Yacht Club is a home for those who know what it feels like
1 April 2021 • 12:04pm
The Ever Given blocked the passage of the Suez Canal for days
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You might well wonder what the captain of the Ever Given, the ship which became wedged sideways in the Suez Canal for six days, has to do with sport apart from the fact that his container vessel is ‘four football’ pitches long.
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.