veteran yachtsman Tony Bullimore who has died at the age of 79
THE sailor and entrepreneur Tony Bullimore has died at the age of 79.
Mr Bullimore became world-famous after he survived for four days in the upturned hull of his boat when it capsized in the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean in 1997.
He had been taking part in the 1996 Vendee Globe single-handed around-the-world race in his boat, the Exide Challenger, and was 2,200km off the coast of Australia.
The then 57-year-old sailor, known as the British Bulldog, was feared to have drowned until he was dramatically rescued by the Australian navy.
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