Tuesday 13 January 2008 - Dag Pike from Bristol received the Raymarine Lifetime Achievement Award at the Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year award ceremony in the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
In 2008 Dag Pike won the Round Britain Powerboat Race and, in doing so, became the only man to win it twice. He is one of only two people to have completed every leg of every Round Britain Powerboat Race and at 75, he is the oldest man to have won it.
Dag has spent a lifetime dedicated to safety at sea and the measures that can be taken to improve it. As a prolific author he has written numerous papers and over 34 books with four new titles published in 2008, one of which is entitled ‘Disasters at Sea’ with much of the material, Dag says, based on his personal experience. As a Master Mariner-trained navigator, Fellow and ex-Member of Council of the Royal Institute of Navigation, Dag has offered expert advice, ensuring a fair and reasoned perspective for all concerned, in numerous legal cases where powerboats and powered craft have been in collision, caused injury or loss of life.
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January 2009 (RM586)
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