rest in peace indeed. all he was trying to do was improve the world by monitoring global warming. it just doesn't make sense. thanks hell. take care gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "hell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JMDL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:31 PM Subject: RIP - Sir Peter Blake (NJC)
> 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
