BOB FISHER ‘MR AMERICA’S CUP’ DIESHOMENEWSPEOPLEBOB FISHER ‘MR AMERICA’S CUP’ DIES27 Jan 2021EmailShareFacebookLinkedInTwitterPrintBob Fisher Photo: Daniel ForsterAward-winning yachtsman, journalist, author and expert on the America’s Cup, Bob Fisher, has died at the age of 85.Bob Fisher was born in the coastal town of Brightlingsea in Essex. Inspired by stories of the professional fishermen who crewed the big yachts of their day, he first made a name as a top crew, winning seven national and world titles in the National Hornet and Fireball high performance dinghy classes.He went on to win the 1967 Little America’s Cup in C-Class catamarans and it was during his trip to Newport Rhode Island to watch the American yacht Intrepid beat the Australian challenger Dame Pattie – his prize for the Little America’s Cup win – that Bob developed his life-long obsession with the real America’s Cup, covering all matches since, bar the current racing off Auckland.An absorbing interestBob wrote 30 books on the sport and in 1992 set about writing the definitive history of the America’s Cup, the two-volume ‘An Absorbing Interest’ which took 15 years to research and complete. The third volume is due to be published in the autumn.Bob was a trustee of the Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation, a former Chairman of the Yachting Journalists’ Association and a founder member of the Society of International Nautical Scribes. He also sat on the panels for both the America’s Cup Hall of Fame and the Rolex/World Sailing World Sailor of the Year.Donations in Bob’s memory are welcomed by the Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation. Messages of condolence can be left on his Facebook page.

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