Tony Bullimore: Difference between revisions

Born in [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theedge-uk.com/view/tony-bullimore|title=Tony Bullimore|publisher=The Edge|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref> he was educated at [[Claremont High School]]., HeKenton|Claremont subsequently joined the [[Royal MarinesSchool]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/tony-bullimore-bristol-sailor-nicknamed-british-bulldog-dies-aged-79-11455301|title=Tony Bullimore: Bristol sailor nicknamed 'British bulldog' dies aged 79|last=Minelle|first=Bethany|work=[[Sky News]]|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref>

After leaving the military, Bullimore moved to [[Bristol]] in the early 1960s and married Lalel, a West Indian immigrant. In 1966 they opened the Afro-Caribbean-inspired Bamboo Club, which was billed as "Bristol's Premier West Indian Entertainment Centre", housed a restaurant, theatre workshop, football team and was the headquarters of the Bristol West Indian Cricket Club. The top floor housed the music venue, with DJs playing [[reggae]] and American [[soul music]], and bands performed including [[Bob Marley and The Wailers]], [[Jimmy Cliff]], [[Ben E. King]] and [[Tina Turner]].<ref name=BBCDeath/><ref name=BPostDeath/> The club burned down in 1977,<ref name=BBCDeath/> just before the [[Sex Pistols]] were due to play there.<ref name=BPostDeath/><ref name=ITNDeath/> Bullimore had already opened "[[Granary nightclub|The Granary" club]] at Bristol's [[Granary, Bristol|Granary building]] in the early 1970s, which after ten years he slowly sold off to concentrate on other business ventures. He also became a race relations advocate in Bristol.<ref name=BPostDeath/><ref name=ITNDeath/>

Bullimore was rescued after capsizing during the 1996–1997 [[Vendée_Globe#1996–1997|1996–97 Vendée Globe]] [[Single-handed sailing|single-handed]] [[Around the world sailing record|around-the-world]] race. The race was marked by a number of incidents, including the death of another contestant, [[Gerry Roufs]].

On 5 January 1997, in the [[Southern Ocean]] near {{coord|52|S|100|E|name=Tony Bullimore distress}}, around {{convert|2500|km|nmi}} off the Australian coast and in winds of up to {{convert|160|km/h|mi/h kn|-1}},<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-31/british-sailor-tony-bullimore-dies-aged-79/10058536 |title=Tony Bullimore: British sailor who survived four days under a capsized yacht in the Southern Ocean dies aged 79 |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref> Bullimore's boat, ''Exide Challenger'', capsized andafter the keel had snapped off; the majority of press and media reports assumed that the 57-year-old sailor was lost. Bullimore was alive and managed to survive in an air pocket in the upside-down boat in pitch darkness, having lost his food supplies, aside from a bar of chocolate. The [[Royal Australian Navy]] launched a rescue mission for Bullimore and another Vendée Globe capsized competitor, {{ill|[[Thierry Dubois|fr|Thierry Dubois (navigateur)}}]]. On 9 January, Dubois was rescued by an Australian [[Sikorsky S-70|S-70B-2 Seahawk]] helicopter embarked on the frigate {{HMAS|Adelaide|FFG 01|6}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2518000/2518229.stm|title=Bullimore rescued after five days|date=9 January 1997|work=BBC News|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://old.cruisingworld.com/vendmisc.htm|title=Capsizes and Rescues|last=Roberson|first=John|date=April 1997|work=Sailing World|accessdate=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509091532/http://old.cruisingworld.com/vendmisc.htm|archive-date=9 May 2006|dead-url-status=yesdead|publisher=Cruising World Publications}}</ref>

Bullimore skippered a team that came second in the 2005 [[Oryx Quest]]. In 2007, he was involved in another sailing record attempt.<ref>{{cite web|url=[http://www.sail-world.com/index_n.cfm?nid=30786|title= Sail World - Powerboat-world: Sail and sailing, cruising, boating news<!-- Bot generated title -->}}]</ref>

Bullimore died on 31 July 2018, aged 79, of a rare form of [[stomach cancer]].<ref name=BBCDeath>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45016915|title=Bristol sailor and entrepreneur Tony Bullimore dies aged 79|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=31 July 2018|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=BPostDeath>{{cite web|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/tributes-bamboo-club-pioneer-tony-1844499|title=Tributes to Bamboo Club pioneer Tony Bullimore 'a Bristol legend' who has died|author=Tristan Cook|publisher=[[Bristol Post]]|date=31 July 2018|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=ITNDeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-07-31/round-the-world-yachtsman-tony-bullimore-has-died/|title=Round-the-world yachtsman Tony Bullimore has died|publisher=[[ITN News]]|date=31 July 2018|accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref>

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=YiPAHAAACAAJ&dqq=%22tony+bullimore%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PSKJUpuPLMe54AOM24Bo&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ ''Saved''], Time Warner Paperbacks, 1998, {{ISBN|0751523348}}

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=8wK9AAAACAAJ&dqq=%22tony+bullimore%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PSKJUpuPLMe54AOM24Bo&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg ''Rescue in the Southern Ocean''], Penguin Group Australia, 1997, {{ISBN|0140268375}}

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=cVw3PQAACAAJ&dqq=%22tony+bullimore%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PSKJUpuPLMe54AOM24Bo&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBg ''Yachting Yarns''], Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 2000, {{ISBN|0316850446}}.

== Notes ==

* [http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=315 Photo Gallery of Tony Bullimore & his catamaran "Doha 2006"]

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