'Captain Calamity' finally destroys his catamaran

11:02 PM Thu 30 Sep 2010 GMT

'Glen Crawley, ’Captain Calamity’' .

A hapless sailor dubbed 'Captain Calamity' has destroyed his catamaran after flipping it for the 13th time - while attempting to ride Britain's biggest wave. Sail-World Cruising has been reporting on Glenn Crawley since 2007, when the UK's Royal National Lifesaving Institute (RNLI) was already dubbing him Captain Calamity. Crawley, 55, has repeatedly found his catamaran 'Mischief' in trouble sufficient that he needed rescuing, and so far has cost the RNLI ?30,000 in rescues. The retired electrician and engineer began sailing the boat in 2003 and was forced to dial 999 three times in the first year alone. Since then, ...

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by Lee Mylchreest