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Gordon Cook (born December 3, 1978, in Toronto) is a two-time Canadian Olympic sailor.
He
sails for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. He is the son of computer scientist Stephen Cook.[1]
Cook is a graduate of the Engineering Physics program at Queen's University. At Queen's
University, he also met his 2012 Olympic team partner Ben Remocker, where they were
members of the university sailing team. Cook and Remocker became the first Canadians to sail a
49er in an Olympic Regatta at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where they finished 14th.
In 2009 Cook partnered up with West Vancouver sailor Hunter Lowden and the two campaigned
together for the 2012 Olympic games. While Cook and Lowden did not make the first round of
qualifications at the 2011 ISAF worlds in December 2011 they did qualify at the 2012 49er worlds
in Croatia making Cook the only person ever to represent Canada twice in the 49er Class at the
Olympic Games. Cook and Lowden came third in the first race of the 49er class in the 2012
Olympic games,[2] but did not qualify for the medal race.[3]
Alan East is a passionate advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion within legal
education, supporting students in higher education entering the legal profession. He
is committed to enhancing student experience to engage and inspire students.
An award-winning lecturer, he has developed an international profile within clinical

legal education. He has pioneered innovative pedagogies and has been a leading
figure supporting the development of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination at the
Law Society of England and Wales to promote a diverse legal profession and
inclusivity within higher legal education. A disruptor in teaching, learning and
assessment, his innovative flare has seen him embed problem-based learning and
authentic assessment within the curriculum, develop cross-disciplinary immersive
learning and create Partnerships in Clinical Legal Education, an award-winning pro-
bono advice service in Coventry and Warwickshire. To promote diversity within the
legal profession and encourage students to aspire to enter the legal profession and
compete within it, he created an aspirational employability enterprise called Raising
the Bar.
The narrator describes a particular part of his journey in the southern
Indian Ocean. He is chronological in his approach towards the narration.
He and his wife Mary and their two children, Jonathan and Suzanne, who
were 6 and 7 years of age, respectively, started their journey from
Plymouth with an estimated journey of three years in July 1976. The first
part of their 1,05,000-kilometre-long journey went smoothly until they
reached Cape Town. From there, they hired two crewmen – Larry Vigil and
Herb Seigler to help them tackle the rough sea of the southern Indian
Ocean.
As they sailed out of Cape Town, they started to experience gales which
blew continuously for the next few weeks. The narrator was not bothered
as much about the gales as he was about the waves. He found them to be
alarmingly high – almost as high as their main mast. By December 25th,
they were 3500 kilometres east of Cape Town. Despite the rough weather,
they celebrated Christmas with joy and pomp. The rough weather
continued till the new year and resisted change further on.
On the evening of 2nd January, there came an ominous silence – with no

wind and a big roar, what sounded like thunder turned out to be a big
wave that wreaked havoc on the ship. The narrator was wounded in the
process, and so was Suzanne. As the ship was about to capsize, another
wave hurled her upright. The author asked his wife to handle the wheel
while he went to fix the damaged starboard to prevent water from
entering the ship. This problem was accompanied by other issues like
blocked hand pumps and a short circuit in the electric pump. The narrator
and his crew spent the whole night pumping, steering and working on the
radio to issue Mayday calls. Suzanne’s injury on her head had worsened.
The next morning the water level in the ship was under control, and while
looking for a leak below the water level, the narrator found the ship’s
main rib frames smashed to the keel. It was evident that the ship would
not hold together till Australia. They decided to reach Ile Amsterdam – a
small island a few hundred kilometres to the east. On January 4th, after 36
hours of pumping, the water level in the ship had come down to a few
centimetres. Owing to the severely damaged condition of the ship, they
hoisted the storm jib instead of the main mast and headed towards the
island.
Clouds started to form around 4 p.m. in the evening again. A storm

started within the next hour and continued for the next whole day. When
the narrator went to comfort his children, Jonathan asked him if they were
going to die. The narrator assured him that they could make it through the
storm. To this, Jonathan responded that they would not be scared to die
alone. This response rendered the narrator speechless. It strengthened his
resolve to survive in the face of nature’s calamity.
On 6th January, the storm receded, and the wind was at ease. The
narrator was working in the chartroom trying to calculate the wind
speeds, drift, currents, etc. when his daughter Suzanne came up to him
with a card she had made herself. She expressed her love for her parents
in it. The narrator felt energetic on a new level to look for a survival
strategy. Around 2 p.m., he asked Larry to steer a course of 185 degrees,
hoping they found the island and went for a nap in his bunking bed.
He was awakened at 6 p.m. by Suzanne, who wanted to hug him. When

he asked her why she wanted to hug him, Suzanne informed him that he
had found the island and was the world’s best daddy and captain. They
anchored offshore for the night and were welcomed by the island’s
inhabitants in the morning. As he stepped onto the island, he found
himself grateful to Larry, Herbie, his wife and his two children, who were
brave in the
The message behind the quote, "We're Not Afraid to Die if We All
Can Be Together," emphasizes the importance of togetherness,
unity, selflessness, and sacrifice. It encourages people to prioritize
the well-being of others over their personal comfort and safety and
work towards a common goal.face of danger and were not afraid to die.

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Gordon Cook (born December 3, 1978, in Toronto) is a two-time Canadian Olympic sailor.

An award-winning lecturer, he has developed an international profile within clinical

On the evening of 2nd January, there came an ominous silence – with no

Clouds started to form around 4 p.m. in the evening again. A storm

He was awakened at 6 p.m. by Suzanne, who wanted to hug him. When

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