Bob fisher sailing biography
His sailing career followed many forms including being a navigator during a Trans-Atlantic record; crewing a Tornado catamaran during an IYRU.
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Bob Fisher, one of sailing's great storytellers - both in print and in person - has passed away.
The sailing world has lost one of its great characters as it was announced on Monday 25th January that yachting journalist Bob Fisher has passed away at the age of 85.
The news was posted on Facebook by Bob Fisher’s daughter Alice, who wrote: “It is with such sadness that Dee, Alice and Carolyne have to convey the passing of our fantastic, unique and extraordinary husband and father Bob.
“He lived his whole life to the full and shall leave the fondest of memories not only as a husband and father, as a friend to all the sailing community in the UK, but to the sailing community worldwide.”
Bob was one of the greats of the yachting world and peerless as a sailing journalist.
His writing stretched back well over half a century, regularly contributing to sailing magazines (including a period of writing for Yachting World) since the 1960s, as well as covering major events for newspaper