Twenty years ago, Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran, nearly lost his life when his yacht capsized during the Rolex Fastnet yacht race. Now he’s back to try again, on the same yacht. Le Bon sold the 77-foot yacht, Drum, to Scottish car dealer Arnold Clark who renamed the boat Arnold Clark Drum. Clark has agreed to loan the boat to Le Bon for this year’s Rolex race which starts August 7.

Interesting. I know Drum well. I was aboard a couple times, when I visited the Whitbread race in New Zealand and England, and chatted with some of her crew. And I even wore a "Drum" T-shirt when I went to the Duran Duran concert here in St. Louis last night (excellent show, btw). I've even got bits and pieces of a short story I wrote about Drum way back when, that featured the boat. Maybe it's time to dig it out and actually finish it! ;)

Simon Le Bon Will Race Again