Sir Peter Blake 1948-2001 A few highlights:
1989/90 - Line, handicap and overall honours for round-the-world race aboard Steinlager 2. Named New Zealand's sports Personality of the Year in 1989. 1991 - Awarded OBE 1994 - Wins Jules Verne Trophy for fastest non-stop circumnavigation of world aboard Enza. Named World Sailor of the Year and British Yachtsman of the Year. 1995 - Head of New Zealand's successful America's Cup challenge. Knighted for services to yachting. 1997 - Appointed captain of Cousteau Society (following the death of Jacques Cousteau), combining his duties with planning for New Zealand's America's Cup defence. 2000 - Team New Zealand becomes first non-American team to successfully defend the Auld Mug. Resigns from Cousteau Society and establishes "blakexpeditions" to educate people about the world's ecosystems. 2001 - January-March inaugural blakexpeditions voyage to the Antarctic Peninsula. Appointed a Special Envoy of the United Nations Environment Programme. 2001 - December 5 - killed by pirates while on another blakexpeditions voyage in Amazonia. A great New Zealander, and a great human being. Rest in peace. More information for those interested at: http://www.nzherald.co.nz Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz
