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1992 Louis Vuitton Cup
The 3rd Louis Vuitton Cup was held in San Diego, United States in 1992. The winner, Il Moro di Venezia, went on to challenge for the 1992 America's Cup. Teams Eight challengers from seven nations contested the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. Together they spent over $250 million. Il Moro di Venezia alone constructed four boats and spent over $85 million. Il Moro di Venezia The Italian challenge Il Moro Challenge was funded by Raul Gardini and skippered by American Paul Cayard. The primary designer was Germán Frers and the operations manager was Laurent Esquier. John Kolius was involved but could not sail as he had not completed his Italian eligibility requirements. Tommaso Chieffi was the tactician and Enrico Chieffi was the navigator. Other crew included Robert Hopkins and Steven Erickson. Australian Challenge From Sydney's Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the Australian Challenge was skippered by Syd Fischer. Colin Beashel was the helmsman and Hugh Treharne the tactician. Spiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americas Cup
The America's Cup is a sailing (sport), sailing competition and the oldest International sport, international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match racing, match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is Challenge (competition), challenging for the cup (the challenger). The winner is awarded the America's Cup trophy, informally known as the Auld Mug. Matches are held several years apart on dates agreed between the defender and the challenger. There is no fixed schedule, but the races have generally been held every three to four years. Any yacht club that meets the requirements specified in the Deed of Gift of the America's Cup has the right to challenge the yacht club that currently holds the cup. If the challenging club wins the match, it gains stewardship of the cup. From the first defence of the cup in 1870 until the twentieth def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo
Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo (born 6 March 1955) is a Spanish sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race campaigns. Campos was Vaurien World Champion in 1976 and raced in different classes, including the Snipe, Dragon, Star, 470 and 420 classes. Campos established a Spanish America's Cup campaign, Desafio España Copa América, for the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. The team, representing the Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona finished fifth. They again competed in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, finishing sixth. Desafio Español again competed in the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, finishing seventh. He then turned his attention to the 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race, organising the Spanish entry, ''movistar''. For the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race, the team was sponsored by Telefonica and ran a two boat entry. ''Telefonica Blue'' finished third. Campos skippered ''Telefonica Black'' during the in-port races. Telefonica again entered the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race, finishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Erickson
Steven Richard Erickson (born August 14, 1961) is an American sailor and Olympic champion in the Star class. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Star together with William Earl Buchan. Career Olympic sailing in the Star class Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and just finished with studies at University of Washington, Erickson won the gold medal in the Star event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Steve Erickson continued in the Star class and won the Star World Championship two times: in 1985 with William Earl Buchan; and, in 1988 with Paul Cayard. America's Cup and Whitbread Round the World Race Erickson's first America's Cup was with Tom Blackaller, on the 12 Metre US 61 ''USA R-1'' from San Francisco. He served as the mainsail trimmer during the 1987 America's Cup in Perth, Western Australia. At the 1992 America's Cup, Erickson was one of the coaches for the '' Il Moro Challenge''. At the 1995 America's Cup, Erickson was a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Chieffi
Enrico Chieffi (born 11 April 1963) is an Italian former yacht racer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Chieffi was the navigator for '' Il Moro Challenge'' at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. At the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, he sailed with the Swiss ''FAST 2000'' challenge. References External links * * * 1963 births Living people Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star 2000 America's Cup sailors Star class world champions World champions in sailing for Italy Il Moro Challenge sailors 1992 America's Cup sailors 470 class world champions 20th-century Italian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso Chieffi
Tommaso Chieffi (born 20 December 1961) is an Italian professional sailor. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He sailed on ''Italia II'' during the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup and was the navigator on '' Il Moro Challenge'' at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. Twenty years later, Chieffi sailed with Team Shosholoza at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, two .... World Championship Titles References External links * * * 1961 births Living people Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Il Moro Challenge sailors 1987 America's Cup sailors 1992 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors World champions in sailing for Italy 470 class world champions Farr 30 class world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kolius
John Waldrip Kolius (born April 1, 1951) is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling class with Walter Glasgow and Richard Hoepfner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 1987 and 2000 he competed at the Louis Vuitton Cup. Kolius began sailing at the age of 5 when his father introduced the family to sailing as a way to spend time together. John's first boat was a Sunfish and he grew up sailing at the Houston Yacht Club through the Ragnot program. In 1968, John won his first major championship, the US Sailing Triplehanded Championship for the Sears Cup. He was 17 years old. Two years later at the age of 19, Kolius won the US Sailing Senior Championship for the Mallory Trophy. It was not too long after that he began sailing Solings and preparing for the Olympics. In 1975, John won the Soling North Americans and in 1976 an Olympic silver medal. In 2023, he was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame Kolius was born in Houston, Texas. America's Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germán Frers
Germán Frers Sr. (born July 4, 1941) is an Argentinian naval architect known for designing racing yachts. He designed his first yacht in 1958 and has been involved in the design of more than 1000 yachts, including '' Kialoa V'' and '' Hyperion'', which, when launched in 1997 was the largest sloop ever made. Yachts designed by the Frers team have won many different yachting events around the world including: the Admiral's Cup, Onion Patch, Bermuda Race, Transpacific, Whitbread Round the World Race, Sardinia Cup, Buenos Aires-Rio Race, S.O.R.C. (Southern Ocean Racing Circuit), Kenwood Cup, Copa del Rey, San Francisco Big Boat Series, Giraglia Race, Settimana delle Bocche, Two Ton Cup World Championship, Martini Middle Sea Race and the Maxi World Championship. Frers is married to Delfina Serralunga Pes. Their son, Germán Frers Jr., also became a yacht designer, and their daughter, Delfina Frers, is a racing driver. Boat designs * ARA Fortuna III * Beneteau *Cirrus 3/4 (IOR 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raul Gardini
Raul Gardini (7 June 1933 – 23 July 1993) was an Italian agri-business and chemicals tycoon. In 1980, he took the helm of his father-in-law Serafino Ferruzzi's family business, starting an aggressive campaign that led to the acquisition of the French sugar and paper company Beghin-Say SA, turning Ferruzzi into Europe's leading sugar producer. In 1985, Gardini focused his interest on chemicals and bought stock in the Montedison chemical group. By 1987, he had acquired 42 per cent of the group, turning Ferruzzi-Montedison into Italy's second largest industrial group after the state-owned company Eni. In 1989, Eni and Montedison formed a joint-venture called Enimont. Gardini studied at the Agricultural Institute of Cesena where he obtained the diploma of agricultural expert. Subsequently, he enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture - University of Bologna; In 1987 he was awarded an honorary degree in agriculture by the University of Bologna. In 1992, Gardini set up a sailing team t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Moro Challenge
Il Moro Challenge was a 1992 Italian America's Cup team headed by industrialist Raul Gardini. The team won the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup but failed to win the 28th America's Cup. Early years International America's Cup Class boats (IACC) were a completely new design in 1992, replacing the 12 Meter boats that had competed for the America's Cup from 1958 to 1987. Gardini brought together an international group of designers, managers and sailors in his attempt to win the America's Cup. The primary designer was Argentine architect German Frers assisted by American Robert Hopkins. The yard director was Portuguese Fernando Sena, the operations manager was Frenchman Laurent Esquier and the skipper was French-American Paul Cayard. Design work began at the end of 1988 and construction of the first Il Moro started in 1990. ''Il Moro di Venezia I'' (ITA-1) was the very first hull built for the new generation (IACC) rule, and was launched on 11 March 1990 in Venice. ''Il Moro di Venezia II'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Krantz (sailor)
Erik Gunnar "Gurra" Krantz is a Swedish sailor. He skippered the Swedish America's Cup Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup, ''Swedish Match'' in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race and ''Team SEB ''Team SEB'' (also ''RS'') is a Swedish Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. Career She competed in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race and finished 7th skippered by Gunnar Krantz (sailor), Gunnar Krantz. The boat was renamed ''RS'' and participated in the Volvo Ba ...'' in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krantz, Gunnar Swedish male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Volvo Ocean 60 class sailors 1992 America's Cup sailors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Davis (sailor)
Roderick Hopkins Davis (born August 27, 1955, in the United States) is a former competitive sailor who won Olympic medals for two countries. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, representing the United States, he won the gold medal in the Soling class along with Robert Haines and Edward Trevelyan. After moving to New Zealand he was chosen to represent that country at the next three Olympic Games. Along with Don Cowie he won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain in the Star class. Davis and Cowie finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and were also fifth in the Soling class at Sydney along with 3rd crewman Alan Smith. Davis began his involvement with the America's Cup in 1977, sailing with Lowell North on ''Enterprise'' during the 1977 America's Cup defense trials. For the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup, assisted the Consorzio Italia syndicate until he was appointed skipper of the American Eagle Foundation challenge, representing the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Challenge
New Zealand Challenge was a sailing team funded by Michael Fay that challenged for the America's Cup three times between 1987 and 1992. New Zealand Challenge was the first team from New Zealand to enter the competition. 1987: KZ 7 ''Kiwi Magic'' New Zealand entered the America's Cup competition in 1984, when Marcel Fachler, a Belgian then living in Sydney, entered as a challenger following ''Australia II's'' victory. Later the campaign's director, former government minister Anthony "Aussie" Malcolm, brought in Michael Fay to help organize and finance the challenge. The team made use of former US 12 Meter ''Enterprise'' (now registered as KZ–1). The 1986 12 Meter Championships were staged off Fremantle as a precursor to the America's Cup event to be held a year later. KZ 7's sister boats ''KZ 3'' and ''KZ 5'' competed, with ''KZ 5'' finishing runner-up behind the Bond Syndicate's '' Australia III'', which was the comfortable winner. The boat finished ahead of the New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
