Well, I'm just doing a blog about the key sailors of America's Cup 2000 that are now doing during the present day:
Dennis Conner, Stars & Stripes skipper
Won the America's Cup in 1974 & 1980 with the New York Yacht Club before losing in 1983 to Alan Bond's wing-keeled challenger Australia II 4 races to 3 before winning it back in 1987 & retaining it in 1988 with Stars & Stripes before missing out on winning the 1992 Citizen Cup to America3 & losing to Team New Zealand in 1995 after winning the Citizen Cup with Stars & Stripes (They sailed Young America by merging with the PACT 95 syndicate to compete in the 1995 Americas Cup). Went on to compete in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup for the last time before retiring for good because they ran out of funds to compete in the next America's Cup in 2007.
Francesco de Angelis, Prada skipper
Was still the Luna Rossa skipper for their 2003 & 2007 campaigns.
Peter Gilmour, Nippon skipper
Was skipper in the Spirit of Australia challenge in 1992. He went on to skipper the Seattle Yacht Club's OneWorld challenge syndicate in the Louis Vuitton Cup way back in 2002-03 before joining Alinghi as coach in 2007 then retiring from sailing in 2012.
Bertrand Pace, Le Defi Bouygues skipper
Was with France 3 during the 2000 campaign. He joined Team New Zealand for our unsuccessful defence in 2003 before he went on to join BMW Oracle in 2007.
Marc Pajot, Fast 2000 skipper
Previously competed in the America's Cup in 1987 with French Kiss, 1992 with Ville de Paris & 1995 with France 2.
Jochen Schumann, Fast 2000 helmsman
He joined forces with Swiss syndicate Alinghi in both of their successful America's Cup campaigns in both 2003 & 2007.
James 'Jimmy' Spithill, Young Australia skipper
Was with OneWorld as helmsman for the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup & the Luna Rossa challenge for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup before he joined forces with Oracle Team USA in which they successfully won the America's Cup in 2010 then his team retained the Auld Mug in 2013 in a historic comeback in San Francisco before losing it this year (2017) in Bermuda.
Paul Cayard, AmericaOne skipper
Used to be the skipper of Il Moro de Venezia in the past way back in 1992 before joining forces with Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes in a losing effort against Team New Zealand in 1995. Was coach of Desafio Espanol 2007 in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia.
John Cutler, America True helmsman
Olympic bronze medalist in Seoul 1988. Was with the Nippon Challenge as helmsman in both the 1992 & 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup held in San Diego. Then in 2003 became sailing director & tactician for Oracle before he joined Desafio Espanol as the tactician & technical director for their 2007 campaign.
Ken Read, Team Dennis Conner helmsman
Raced with the PACT 95 syndicate during the 1995 America's Cup in San Diego. Sailed with Stars & Stripes for the 2003 campaign before going on to be a yachting commentator since the 34th America's Cup in 2013.
Ed Baird, Young America skipper
Coached Team New Zealand in 1995 in which they won in the past as well as he joined Alinghi after being sidelined in 2003 as an analyst (For both TVNZ (Television New Zealand) here in New Zealand & OLN (Outdoor Life Network) in Canada) when they retained the America's Cup in 2007.
Massimiliano 'Max' Sirena, Prada bowman
Sailed with Luna Rossa in 2003 & 2007 before joining Oracle as wing mast manager for their successful America's Cup campaign in 2010 then re-joining Luna Rossa to be their skipper in 2013 before switching sides with Emirates Team New Zealand in 2017 as technical advisor.
Russell Coutts, Team New Zealand skipper
Olympic gold medalist in Los Angeles 1984. 1st won the America's Cup as skipper of Team New Zealand in 1995. Joined forces with the Swiss syndicate Alinghi along with Brad Butterworth for their successful campaign in 2003 before being sacked in 2004 then joined Oracle as the CEO after the 2007 event after being sidelined (And he became CEO of the America's Cup Event Authority for the event held in Bermuda this year).
Sir Peter Blake, Team New Zealand syndicate head
1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race (Volvo Ocean Race present day) winner (Had a rivalry with future Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton). Tragically passed away after being shot by pirates over in Macapa in Brazil way back in 2001 while voyaging the boat Tara (Seamaster).
Joe Allen, Team New Zealand bowman
Was with the team in 1995 but was still with Team New Zealand as coach in 2003 & 2007 before joining Oracle in 2010 then rejoining Emirates Team New Zealand in 2013 as coach.
Dean Barker, Team New Zealand helmsman/tactics
Took over from Russell Coutts as skipper of our unsuccessful campaigns in 2003, 2007 & 2013 then left Team New Zealand (Now Emirates Team New Zealand) to join Softbank Team Japan as CEO & skipper in 2015 for their 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup campaign (The 1st Japanese challenge in 17 years).
Brad Butterworth, Team New Zealand afterguard/tactician
Joined Alinghi along with Russell Coutts for their success in 2003 but still remained with the team in which they retained the America's Cup in 2007 before losing the America's Cup to Oracle in 2010.
Simon Daubney, Team New Zealand genoa trimmer, sail design
Sailed for New Zealand Challenge on KZ 7 during the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup before becoming mainsheet trimmer for New Zealand challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup then he became trimmer during Team New Zealand's 1995 America's Cup victory. Joined Alinghi & was part of their 2003 America's Cup victory before becoming trimmer during the successful 2007 America's Cup defence before losing the Auld Mug in 2010. He was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame.
Richard Dodson, Team New Zealand afterguard
Was with Team New Zealand and sailed on NZL 32 in the afterguard during their 1995 America's Cup win. Joined One World Challenge for the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup.
Mike Drummond, Team New Zealand designer/afterguard navigator
Sailed with New Zealand Challenge in the past before joining Team New Zealand in which they won in 1995. Sailed in 2003 before joining Alinghi for the 2007 America's Cup then joined Oracle as design director & was involved in designing USA 17 for the 2010 America's Cup and the AC45 class for the 2013 America's Cup. Inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2010
Peter Evans, Team New Zealand weather programme
Was with the New Zealand Challenge in 1992 before joining Nippon Challenge in 1995. Remained with Team New Zealand for the 2003 campaign before switching to Alinghi in 2006 for their 2007 & 2010 campaign.
Warwick Fleury, Team New Zealand mainsail trimmer
Competed with New Zealand Challenge in 1987, 1988 & 1992 America's Cup campaigns before becoming trimmer with Team New Zealand during their successful 1995 America's Cup campaign. Joined Alinghi & was part of their 2003 America's Cup victory, 2007 America's Cup defence and 2010 America's Cup loss. In 2010 he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame.
Murray Jones, Team New Zealand tactician/afterguard
Won the America's Cup with Team New Zealand in 1995. Joined Alinghi along with Russell Coutts in both of their successful campaigns in 2003 & 2007 before being inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2010. Then joined Oracle Team USA with Russell Coutts in 2013 before rejoining Emirates Team New Zealand for the 2017 America's Cup which was a success. Married to Olympic sailor Jan Shearer & has a daughter named Gemma who was an Olympic sailor.
Jonathan 'Jono' MacBeth, Team New Zealand winch team/grinder
An endurance athlete. Involved in both the 2003 & 2007 campaigns with Team New Zealand (Now Emirates Team New Zealand). Was with Oracle Team USA (He joined the American syndicate before the 2010 America's Cup) in which they retained the America's Cup in 2013 alongside Jimmy Spithill & Ben Ainslie (Who replaced John Kostecki after his poor performances but remained with the team) after an historic comeback before joining Ainslie & his British syndicate, Land Rover BAR (Ben Ainslie Racing) as a sailing team manager & grinder for their 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup campaign.
Matthew Mason, Team New Zealand mastman
Was with New Zealand Challenge for the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup then joined Team New Zealand during their successful campaign in 1995. Left Team New Zealand to join OneWorld for the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup then rejoined Emirates Team New Zealand for the 2007 America's Cup before switching sides to Oracle when it won the America's Cup in 2010.
Craig Monk, Team New Zealand port grinder/sail maker
Olympic Bronze Medalist in Barcelona 1992. Joined Team New Zealand as grinder in which they won in 1995. Joined OneWorld for the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2003 before becoming sailing team manager of Oracle until 2007 then he went to Artemis as a grinder in 2013.
Tony Rae, Team New Zealand mainsail trimmer
Competed with New Zealand Challenge in 1992. Was part of Team New Zealand's unsuccessful campaigns in 2003, 2007 & 2013.
Hamish Pepper, Team New Zealand mainsheet
Still with the team in 2003 as tactician before being sacked for good when the team was down 0-3 to eventual winners Alinghi.
Dean Phipps, Team New Zealand bowman
Sailed with Team New Zealand in which they won in 1995. Joined Alinghi in which they also won in 2003 & remained with the team for their successful 2007 & unsuccessful 2010 campaigns before being inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame.
Jeremy Scantlebury, Team New Zealand boat boss/pitman
Raced with KZ 7 in the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup & 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup before joining Team New Zealand in 1995 in the past. Joined OneWorld Challenge as pitman for the 2003 Americas Cup before becoming sailing team manager for Victory Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.
Tom Schnackenberg, Team New Zealand design co-ordinator/navigator
Became sail designer for Enterprise in 1977 then Australia (1980) and the successful Australia II campaign in 1983. He was with the New Zealand Challenge in 1988, joined Spirit of Australia in ’92 & signed with Team New Zealand as design co-ordinator and navigator for its successful campaign in San Diego in 1995. Became syndicate head at Team New Zealand in their unsuccessful 2003 campaign after Sir Peter Blake's passing then remained with the team in 2007 as design & data analyst before joining Artemis as head of performance & design in 2013.
Chris Ward, Team New Zealand grinder
Sailed with New Zealand Challenge in 1992. Still with Team New Zealand for their unsuccessful campaigns in 2003, 2007 & 2013.
So that is my 136th blog of the year 2017 (MMXVII) & my 56th this year.
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