Losses on the cruel yet magical sea can yield fitting memorials

Scotland on Sunday;  January 3, 1999 ;     426 words ......connected with yachting. On Tuesday, they called off the search for Glyn Charles, the Olympic sailor, prompting a wealth of tributes, which were wholly...fitting memorial to the spirit and winning determination that marked Glyn Charles' life.

Memorial trophy with a touch of glass

The Northern Echo;  June 5, 1999 ;     213 words ......round, off Sunderland, on the weekend of June 12 and 13. The Glyn Charles Memorial Trophy will be presented at Sunderland Yacht Club...powered by clouds of sail large enough to cover a small house. Glyn Charles, skipper of the United Airlines Ultra 30 for the last two...

Family distraught as search for yachtsman's body is abandoned.

The Birmingham Post (England);  December 30, 1998 ;     627 words ...The search for the body of British Olympic yachtsman Mr Glyn Charles, swept overboard during the Sydney-to-Hobart boat race, was...yesterday battled in the same sea where fellow Briton Mr Glyn Charles is feared drowned. Former fireman Mr Mike Golding, aged 38...

Yacht classic held 'despite storm alert'

Evening News - Scotland;  December 30, 1998 ;     450 words ......recovered and rescuers have now given up hope of finding Briton Glyn Charles and Australian yachtsman, John Dean, who are presumed drowned...over during the peak of the storms. British Olympic sailor Glyn Charles, 33, and Australian John Dean, 47, are missing, presumed...

Hopes fade for missing yachtsman

Evening News - Scotland;  December 28, 1998 ;     451 words ......yacht race. Rescuers were today continuing their search for Glyn Charles - but hopes of finding him alive were fading fast. The rescue...we will have to call off the search. "The situation with Glyn Charles is now very grave. He has been in the water for a very long...

Yacht race held 'despite storm alert'

Evening News - Scotland;  December 30, 1998 ;     515 words ......recovered and rescuers have now given up hope of finding Briton Glyn Charles and an Australian yachtsman, who are presumed drowned in...over during the peak of the storms. British Olympic sailor Glyn Charles, 33, and Australian John Dean, 47, are missing, presumed...

, Sailors swept away: during race declared dead

Charleston Daily Mail;  July 2, 1999 ;     39 words ...SYDNEY, Australia - Two sailors killed in Australia's disastrous Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race were declared dead today, six months after they were swept away by the stormy seas. The bodies of Briton Glyn Charles and Australian John Dean were never found.

Sailing

The Independent - London;  September 1, 1995 ;     42 words ...Chris Law, Andy Beadsworth, Eddie Warden Owen and Glyn Charles won the semi-final places in the Soling class at the Olympic Trials in Weymouth, on a day of frustrating light airs when only one other race, won by Mark Littlejohn in the tightly-fought Lasers, was completed.

Yachtsmen Tribute.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  January 2, 1999 ;     57 words ...BRITON Glyn Charles and five other men killed when storms hit a yacht race were honoured yesterday. Glyn's partner Annie Goodman and his sister Merrion...

Cruel sea claims top yachtsman.

The Birmingham Post (England);  December 29, 1998 ;     146 words ...Sailing enthusiasts throughout Britain were in mourning yesterday as the search for Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles was called off in gale force winds that have lashed the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Mr Charles' mother, Mrs Margaret Charles...

Final Farewell To Drowned Sailors.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  January 2, 1999 ;     148 words ...SIX rosettes bobbed in Tasmania's Derwent River yesterday as sailors from around the world bade farewell to Briton Glyn Charles and five others who died in the disastrous Sydney to Hobart yacht race five days ago. The glorious summer weather could...

Sporting Digest: Sailing

The Independent - London;  June 14, 1999 ;     74 words ......the opening Ultra 30 Grand Prix in Sunderland with an impressive scoreline of four firsts and two seond and with it the new Glyn Charles Memorial Trophy. Chasing hard was newcomer Rob Greenhalgh and third was Hoya helmsman Eddie Warden Owen. On Saturday Denmark...

Sailing: Smith down but up again to win series

The Independent - London;  August 29, 1994 ;     118 words ......over the weekend as the Vauxhall Ultra 30 Grand Prix wound up its 1994 season in Penarth, writes Stuart Alexander. It took Glyn Charles less than five minutes of the first race to retire hurt, as the mast of BT Marine crumpled. The leader, Lawrie Smith in Frontera...

That Was The Week.

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  January 3, 1999 ;     245 words ......from electricity. Plans reveal that the M illennium Dome will have Jesus at its centre after all. MONDAY: Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles is among the victims as storms bring disaster to the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Twelve British tourists kidnapped by gunmen...

AAP Internet Bulletin 1915 Tuesday Dec 29, 1998

AAP General News (Australia);  December 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ......when swept from a damaged liferaft, while British sailor Glyn Charles was lost overboard from Sword of Orion on Sunday night. Mr...yesterday from the mountainous seas. British Olympic sailor Glyn Charles was missing, presumed drowned, after being swept off the...