dead Hilary Lister & other sailing nutjobs

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Mariely Chacón, her husband, and their two children, aged 6 and 2, were on a pleasure cruise from Higuerote to Tortuga island, Venezuela, with five other people when a large wave split the boat's hull apart on September 3.
The incident forced the group to spend four days adrift on a small lifeboat in the scorching sun.

To keep her children alive, Chacón drank her urine, which allowed her to breastfeed them.
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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Cox, half-mast, seamen.  

This obit has it all!

 

What are the odds a guy named Cox became Coxswain for a lifeboat?
 

The RNLI station flag is being flown at half-mast in mourning for a renowned Wells lifeboat coxswain. David Cox, 96, died on Sunday (April 24).

Mr Cox received five awards from the RNLI during his long and distinguished service. They included accolades for courage, determination and excellent seamanship, as well as a prestigious silver medal.

David retired from his service to the lifeboat at the age of 60 in 1976, handing his vast knowledge of the sea to crew members who had joined under him. Before he died, he recorded his memoirs, which have been a fountain of knowledge for the RNLI.

 

Anyway - one of my favourite obits of the year, this will be.

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[maryportfuncity 10,647]

On 02/02/2021 at 04:25, Sir Creep said:

Just to update.  Still alive

 

 

Philippe Croizon - limbless swimmer, incl the channel, and all round adventurer, completely forgotten about him but it's worth wondering whether the world would ever have known much about him but for that accident in the steelworks , there's likely a biopic in the offing at some point. 

 

D'ya think his mates call him Bob?

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

16 rowers in three boats involved in a round Britain rowing challenge rescued when the weather turned shit

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-61945631

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

Paraplegic scuba diver breaks three world records, awesome stuff - but it'll doubtless lead to more people in this situation pushing the limit to the point they'll feature in posts hereabouts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-63068194

 

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A Florida man has been declared missing after allegedly attempting to jet ski from south Florida to the Bahamas.

Charles Walker, 52, was last seen on Pompano Beach around 5 p.m. on Sept. 23, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Walker’s family said he was planning on jet skiing from the beach to Bimini in the Bahamas, a distance of around 115 miles. 

While in the water, Walker’s last known location was 15 nautical miles off the coast of West Palm Beach, per the Coast Guard.

(insert Ron Obvious jumping over the English Channel)

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[arghton 6,745]

Finnish single-handed sailor Tapio Lehtinen sends a distress signal from his boat during the 2022 Golden Globe Race:

https://www.iltalehti.fi/muutlajit/a/aa9f5f0f-4f44-47ab-9135-e1136bed155d

No further info on how he's doing yet.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689]

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You’ve inspired me to download the Chris Eakin book about that mad 1968 yacht race (not that I’m particularly interested in stranglewanks, yer honour).

 

I've now read this intriguing tale of derring-do and disaster. Of the 9 sailors who took part , five are dead: Bernard Moitessier (cancer), Bill King (old age), Loick Fougeron (age/illness), Nigel Tetley (probable auto-erotic asphyxiation) and Donald Crowhurst (suicide/disappearance during the race) - and four are alive and in their 80s: Robin Knox-Johnson, Chay Blyth, Alex Carozzo and John Ridgway. Of the book's other protagonists, it seems like Crowhurst's widow Clare and Moitessier's ex-wife Francoise are both still living.

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Gary Richards, one of the Wrekin Rowers who last year completed a 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic Ocean has died aged 57.

Gary passed away on Tuesday after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. During the last few days of taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge Gary stated he thought he had pulled a stomach muscle. This got worse after the team completed the challenge, and when Gary returned to the UK, he was diagnosed with terminal Duodenal Cancer giving him a life expectancy of 3-4 months.

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[YoungWillz 21,050]

On 26/12/2011 at 05:03, Davey Jones' Locker said:

Another one to watch out for is Syd Fischer. At 84, he is entering the race for the 42nd time in his aging yacht Ragamuffin:

 

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/weather-wont-put-wind-up-legend-20111225-1p9lz.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Fischer

 

His luck has to run out sooner or later and we know the Reaper has been gearing up after a slow year

Syd Fischer has died aged 95: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11794927/Obit-Fischer.html

[alt obits guy 3,371]

(Also posted in the Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists thread)

 

Buddy Melges, a legendary sailing figure known as 'the Wizard of Zenda', has died. He was 93. Melges was an America's Cup winner and a two-time Olympics medalist.

 

https://walworthcountycommunitynews.com/2023/05/18/tributes-pour-in-for-the-late-buddy-melges-international-sailing-legend/

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Not sailing, but intrepid maritime voyager Reza Baluchi may be worth keeping an eye on. 

 

He's currently in the custody of US Coastguards, who, with little empathy for his pioneering spirit, took issue with him setting off in a self-constructed 'hamster-wheel' - in the midst of a hurricane - with the intention of 'running' to London. He was seventy miles out to sea and there was quite an emotional stand off.

 

He is persistent, having being arrested in similar circumstances in 2021 and rescued in 2014 and 2016. No doubt he will try again one day and who knows what he might achieve if he can just give those unsportsmanlike Coastguards the slip.

 

 

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

1 hour ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Not sailing, but intrepid maritime voyager Reza Baluchi may be worth keeping an eye on. 

 

He's currently in the custody of US Coastguards, who, with little empathy for his pioneering spirit, took issue with him setting off in a self-constructed 'hamster-wheel' - in the midst of a hurricane - with the intention of 'running' to London. He was seventy miles out to sea and there was quite an emotional stand off.

 

He is persistent, having being arrested in similar circumstances in 2021 and rescued in 2014 and 2016. No doubt he will try again one day and who knows what he might achieve if he can just give those unsportsmanlike Coastguards the slip.

 

 

 

 

Aye, but they could persuade him to go the full hampster and simply cover the distance whilst the wheel remains in one place and a big tube pours in his food and drink. 

 

It'd still be a feat to knock off the distance from the Gulf to Europe that way