Tony Bullimore (1939–2018)

Anthony Maurice Frederick Bullimore was born in Southend-on-Sea, England on January 15, 1939. He owned a nightclub called the Bamboo Club from 1966 until a fire forced its closing in 1977. He also had an import-export business. He entered his first solo trans-Atlantic race in 1976 and was England's vis mere Yachtsman of the Year in 1985. At the age of 57, he undertook the 1996-97 Vendée Globe, a solo around-the-world yacht race, in a 60-foot ketch named the Exide Challenger. A storm in the Southern Ocean caused his sailboat to capsize and he was trapped for four days underneath the sailboat before being rescued. His book, Saved, was published in 1997. He died from cancer on July 31, 2018 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre