Syd Fischer was a businessman who played first grade rugby league for Manly and excelled in surf lifesaving. But his deeds in Australia’s great ocean race will be his lasting legacy.
His Ragamuffin racers were synonymous with the ocean event and he sailed his last Sydney to Hobart at age 88Sailing royalty Syd Fischer, known as the “Ragamuffin Man” who competed in his last Sydney to Hobart at age 88, has died. He was 95.
But his sailing legacy has long been intertwined with the Sydney to Hobart, competing in more than 40 Boxing Day dashes out of Sydney Heads and skippering his first boat in 1962. He was twice named Australian Yachtsman of the Year and four times Offshore Racer of the Year, awarded an OBE in 1971 and mentored some of the country’s best sailors later in his life, while still maintaining his own fitness.Sydney to Hobart legend Syd Fischer.“His achievements and contributions over the decades are extraordinary,” the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia said in a statement.
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