Peter Blake may he RIP

gaurre3 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-06-2001

Pirated and murdered in Brazil, somewhere along the amazon.

for those who don''t know, he skippered the New Zealand boat in 1995 which beat Dennis Connor in the America''s Cup. Not to mention may other races (whitbread, sydney-hobart, etc.)

sailboatshark · #2 (**permalink**) 12-06-2001

I just heard it this morning from my grandfather. I started to get into sailing, that year, it was a pretty exciting set of races. It is really a shock. Pretty horrible. -Sailboatshark

JohnDrake · #3 (**permalink**) 12-06-2001

A sad day for the entire sailing and cruising community.

His web site:

www.blakexpeditions.com