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Tributes have been paid to Bob Fisher, the Yachting Journalist known as 鈥淢r America鈥檚 Cup鈥�, who has died at the age of 85 at his home in Lymington.

Bob was himself a world champion sailor, and record-breaking navigator... Close friend Sir Robin Knox Johnston was among those to acknowledge Bob's contributions to the sport, adding Bob was "A great character and a great loss."

Dee Caffari MBE said he was "A true legend who will be missed around the globe." and Sir Ben Ainslie paid tribute to Bob from his training base in New Zealand.

Bob was a great friend to the team that worked on the H2O project particularly when the America's Cup contest was on, reporting from wherever the races were for us.

In 2015 though, just days before the America's Cup World Series started in Portsmouth, I visited Bob in his home just outside Lymington. We talked about growing up in Essex and when he first took to the water, the little America's Cup, Howards Way and of course the America's Cup and what it means to him.

Here's the full version of that chat that was first broadcast on July 19th 2015.

Podcast compiled and presented by Neil Sackley. email: h2o@bbc.co.uk