Sailing
- Michael Bannister, drowned (competing in 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race)
- Glyn Charles, drowned (competing in 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race)
- Donald Crowhurst, 36–37, suicide (whilst competing in Sunday Times Golden Globe Race)
- John Dean, drowned (competing in 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race)
- Bruce Guy, heart attack (competing in 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race)
- Hans Horrevoets, 32, drowning (whilst competing in 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race)
- James Lawler, drowned (competing in 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race)
- Tony Philips, drowning (whilst competing in 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race)
- Gerry Roufs, 43–44, drowning (whilst competing in 1996–97 Vendée Globe)
- Felix Scheder-Bieschin, 40, military actions during World War II (1940)
- Phillip Skeggs, drowned (competing in 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race)
- Eric Tabarly, 66, lost at sea (1998)
- Nigel Tetley, 47–48, strangulation by hanging (coroner recorded an Open Verdict) (1972)
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Famous quotes containing the word sailing:
“To sunny waters some
By fatal instinct fly; where on the pool
They sportive wheel, or, sailing down the stream,
Are snatched immediate by the quick-eyed trout
Or darting salmon.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
“O western orb sailing the heaven,
Now I know what you must have meant as a month since I walked,
As I walked in silence the transparent shadowy night,”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“The Colonel went out sailing,
He spoke with Turk and Jew
With Christian and with Infidel
For all tongues he knew.
“O what’s a wifeless man?” said he
And he came sailing home.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)