AJAX NEWS PHOTOS. 4 MAY1974. GOSPORT, ENGLAND. - TRIMARAN CREW - (L-R) BANK MANAGER BRIAN COOKE WITH CREWMAN ERIC JENSEN ABOARD TRIPLE ARROW. PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX REF:PEO_COOKE_JENSEN_1974 NOTE** FEBRUARY 20, 1976. LONE SAILOR FEARED DROWNED - 54 YEAR OLD BANK MANAGER BRIAN COOKE OF PARKSTONE, DORSET WAS FEARED DROWNED TODAY AFTER HIS TRIMARAN TRIPLE ARROW WAS FOUND CAPSIZED 450 MILES WEST OF CANARY ISLANDS BY A NORWEGIAN BULK CARRIER. COOKE, A VETERAN OCEAN RACER, SET SAIL FROM PLYMOUTH,ENGLAND ON DECEMBER 7/75 ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO BEAT THE ATLANTIC SPEED AND DISTANCE TRIALS OF
AJAX NEWS PHOTOS. 4 MAY1974. GOSPORT, ENGLAND. - TRIMARAN CREW - (L-R) BANK MANAGER BRIAN COOKE WITH CREWMAN ERIC JENSEN ABOARD TRIPLE ARROW. PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX REF:PEO_COOKE_JENSEN_1974 NOTE** FEBRUARY 20, 1976. LONE SAILOR FEARED DROWNED - 54 YEAR OLD BANK MANAGER BRIAN COOKE OF PARKSTONE, DORSET WAS FEARED DROWNED TODAY AFTER HIS TRIMARAN TRIPLE ARROW WAS FOUND CAPSIZED 450 MILES WEST OF CANARY ISLANDS BY A NORWEGIAN BULK CARRIER. COOKE, A VETERAN OCEAN RACER, SET SAIL FROM PLYMOUTH,ENGLAND ON DECEMBER 7/75 ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO BEAT THE ATLANTIC SPEED AND DISTANCE TRIALS OF 4000 NM IN 20 DAYS. THE YACHT CAPSIZED ONCE BEFORE IN THE 1974 ROUND BRITAIN RACE OFF LERWICK. NORWEGIAN CARRIER REPORTED HULL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SAILS STILL SET, A POSSIBLE INDICATOR THAT COOKE FELL OVERBOARD BEFORE THE BOAT CAPSIZED. HIS LAST RADIO MESSAGE WAS ON DEC 11/75.
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