Drum is a maxi yacht owned by Scottish car sales group Arnold Clark Automobiles, formerly co-owned by lead singer of Duran Duran Simon Le Bon who was rescued from the vessel while competing in 1985 Fastnet Race.

Then, with Jeff Houlgrave (Rob James’s second in command) as the new skipper, the project got under way to the stage of finishing the hull & deck as separate units in Plymouth, Devon – before Mitsubishi pulled the sponsorship (unknown reason).

20 years after the original race Drum competed in the 2005 Fastnet Race with most of the surviving members of the original crew[11], however the yacht was becalmed & did not finish[12]; with Simon Le Bon having to be airlifted off the yacht by helicopter in order for him to fly to Japan on the 12th of August for a scheduled Duran Duran performance at the Summer Sonic Festival, Tokyo on the 13th.

The reunion was the subject of a 62 minute documentary "Drum - Unfinished Business" by Jacaranda Films; which, along with DVD-Rs for internal use within Arnold Clark, had a limited direct to consumer official DVD release.

In 1988 Drum was again accorded media attention when it was involved in a collision with a Royal Navy submarine, around 5 miles off the Mull of Kintyre.