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Australian sailing legend David Forbes OAM (1934-2022) passed away in Sydney on May 22, 2022.
“We have lost one of the most passionate and creative yachtsmen ever born in Australia,” said Australian Sailing President Daniel Belcher. “David was a friend to many, and his loss will be felt right across the country. He achieved so much on the water in his competitive career, off the water as a designer and later in the business world.”
Forbes will be remembered by many for his Olympic gold medal win the Star Class at Munich 1972 alongside crew John Anderson OAM. It was just Australia’s second Olympic sailing gold medal, after the Barranjoey’s victory at Tokyo eight years earlier.
But there was so much more to his career, one which spanned over 20 years and included a 5.5m World Championship in 1970, a Sydney to Hobart race in 1974, and ten Australian championships in the Star (seven times), 5.5m, Soling, and Etchells classes…
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