Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Aug 3, 2005 18:40:56 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Le Bon to brave yacht race[/glow]
1.50PM, Mon Aug 1 2005/
Simon Le Bon is returning to sea this week to compete in a yacht race in which he was almost killed 20 years ago.
Le Bon is hoping to raise awareness of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by participating in the race again
The Duran Duran frontman will once again compete in the Rolex Fastnet Race with 20 of the original crew that escaped death when his yacht, Drum, capsized in bad weather off the coast of Falmouth while competing in the 1985 race.
During the dramatic race two decades ago, Drum lost its keel and capsized, trapping the singer and other crew members inside the hull for 40 minutes.
Now, Le Bon is being reunited on Friday for a celebration dinner with all but one of the original crew, before they set off on the race once again this Sunday from Cowes, Isle of Wight.
After capsizing, Le Bon sold the yacht, now called the Arnold Clark Drum, but it is being leant back to him this year by its current owner Scottish entrepreneur Sir Arnold Clark.
Le Bon is hoping to raise awareness of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by participating in the race again.
The Arnold Clark Organisation will also be donating a car to the RNLI as part of its charity fundraising initiative.
The biennial Rolex Fastnet Race is considered one of the world's classic yacht races, pitting sailors against tricky currents and changeable weather conditions in its 608-mile course in the English Channel.
A total of 281 yachts are expected to take part in the course which heads into the English Channel and along the south west coast of England.
1.50PM, Mon Aug 1 2005/Simon Le Bon is returning to sea this week to compete in a yacht race in which he was almost killed 20 years ago.
Le Bon is hoping to raise awareness of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by participating in the race again
The Duran Duran frontman will once again compete in the Rolex Fastnet Race with 20 of the original crew that escaped death when his yacht, Drum, capsized in bad weather off the coast of Falmouth while competing in the 1985 race.
During the dramatic race two decades ago, Drum lost its keel and capsized, trapping the singer and other crew members inside the hull for 40 minutes.
Now, Le Bon is being reunited on Friday for a celebration dinner with all but one of the original crew, before they set off on the race once again this Sunday from Cowes, Isle of Wight.
After capsizing, Le Bon sold the yacht, now called the Arnold Clark Drum, but it is being leant back to him this year by its current owner Scottish entrepreneur Sir Arnold Clark.
Le Bon is hoping to raise awareness of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by participating in the race again.
The Arnold Clark Organisation will also be donating a car to the RNLI as part of its charity fundraising initiative.
The biennial Rolex Fastnet Race is considered one of the world's classic yacht races, pitting sailors against tricky currents and changeable weather conditions in its 608-mile course in the English Channel.
A total of 281 yachts are expected to take part in the course which heads into the English Channel and along the south west coast of England.