AJAX NEWS PHOTOS. 4TH MAY, 1974. PORTSMOUTH,ENGLAND. - BANK MANAGER SAILOR - BRIAN COOKE AND HIS CREW ERIC JENSEN SAILING THE TRIMARAN TRIPLE ARROW. PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX
REF:TRIPLE_ARROW_1974_2 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 TRIAL

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AJAX NEWS PHOTOS. 4TH MAY, 1974. PORTSMOUTH,ENGLAND. - BANK MANAGER SAILOR - BRIAN COOKE AND HIS CREW ERIC JENSEN SAILING THE TRIMARAN TRIPLE ARROW. PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX
REF:TRIPLE_ARROW_1974_2 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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