Sailing: Body of yachting legend due for burial

The body of Sir Peter Blake, the champion New Zealand yachtsman killed by pirates in Brazil last week, was today due to arrive in Britain for burial.

Tue, 11 Dec, 2001 - 09:10

The body of Sir Peter Blake, the champion New Zealand yachtsman killed by pirates in Brazil last week, was today due to arrive in Britain for burial.

A Brazilian Air Force plane brought Sir Peter’s body from the northern city of Macapa to Sao Paulo, where it was last night put on a British Airways flight due to arrive in London later today.

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