Pop star Simon Le Bon has a lucky escape after the yacht in which he was competing in the Fastnet Race capsized in the English Channel off Falmouth. Le Bon and twenty-three crew were rescued after the keel of the ocean racing yacht Drum sheared off on the return leg of the six hundred and five mile race. He and five crew were trapped in an air pocket of the upturned hull. The yacht was co-owned by the lead singer Le Bon and the managers of the group Duran Duran, Mike and Paul Berrow.