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Can't believe Andrew 'Bart' Simpson [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22476320 ]has died.[/url]... 🙁
He was a great sailor and will be sorely missed - at least he went doing what he loved.
Posted : 10/05/2013 9:05 am
I hadn't realised he was nicknamed Bart. I saw the press conference on the news this morning and thought the boss of the team had slipped up his words as he called him Bart Simpson then corrected it to Andrew Simpson! 😯
Posted : 10/05/2013 9:27 am
RIP Bart. A sad day for the sport.
Posted : 10/05/2013 10:18 am
Very sad day. My thoughts are with his wife and young family.
This current Americas Cup is as extreme as competitive sailing has ever got, sadly this capsize shows how dangerous
Posted : 10/05/2013 10:21 am
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This current Americas Cup is as extreme as competitive sailing has ever got, sadly this capsize shows how dangerous
Yep. Apparantly the crew all have a small air bottle with them for such instances but Bart was simply trapped for too long and his air ran out.
Posted : 10/05/2013 10:23 am
Truly awful news. RIP.
Posted : 10/05/2013 10:27 am