Ross "Rosco" Halcrow (born 17 November 1966) is a New Zealand

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

who has won both the

America's Cup The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known ...

and the

Volvo Ocean Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Rac ...

Sailing career

Halcrow stated as a sailmaker and backup crew member for New Zealand Challenge in both the

1987 America's Cup The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup. The American challenger '' Stars & Stripes 87'', sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender '' Kookaburra III'', sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race swe ...

and

1992 America's Cup The 28th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1992 Citizen Cup defender selection series, America³ ''America'' (pronounced "America Cubed") is the name of both a syndicate that vied for the America's Cup in 1992 and 1995 and ...

Ocean Racing

He sailed in the following round the world races: * 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race on Maxi Ketch '' Fisher & Paykel NZ''. * 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race on the Volvo 60 - ''

Innovation Kvaerner ''Innovation Kvaerner'' (also known as ''Atea'') is a yacht. She finished fourth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Knut Frostad. Career ''Innovation Kvaerner'' was designed by Bruce Farr Bruce Kenneth Farr (born ...

'' * 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, sailed on winner ''

Illbruck Challenge ''Illbruck Challenge'' is a Volvo Ocean 60 The Whitbread 60 (W60), later known as the Volvo Ocean 60 (VO60), was a class of ocean racing yacht built to a " box rule" specifying key design parameters of the 10 smaller yachts which took part th ...

'' * 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race. joined the team from leg 5 sailing on ''Ericsson Racing Team''

America Cup

He joined

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and was part of the sailing crew on ''

NZL 32 ''NZL 32'', or ''Black Magic'', is an International Americas Cup Class yacht which won the 1995 America's Cup by defeating the American defender ''Young America'' in a 5–0 victory off San Diego, California. Design ''NZL 32'' was, in many wa ...

'' when it won the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup and

1995 America's Cup The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Stars & Stripes (America's Cup syndicate), Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht Young America (1994 yacht), ''Young America'' (USA 36) for the competit ...

. For the

2000 Louis Vuitton Cup The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2000. The winner, Prada Challenge, went on to challenge for the 2000 America's Cup. It was the first time in the competition's history that there would not be an American chall ...

where he sailed and was in charge of the sail program for the

New York Yacht Club The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. ...

's ''Young America'' challenge . He joined

Oracle Racing Oracle Team USA is an American yacht racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America's Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 – representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club. ...

in 2003 and sailed with them in 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 ...

. With Oracle he won the

2010 America's Cup The 33rd America's Cup between Société Nautique de Genève defending with team Alinghi against Golden Gate Yacht Club, and their racing team BMW Oracle Racing was the subject of extensive court action and litigation, surpassing in acrimony ev ...

as the jib trimmer on '' USA 17''.

World Championships

He sailed on '' Pinta'' when it won the

One Ton Cup The One Ton Cup is a trophy presented to the winner of a sailing competition created in 1899 in sports, 1899 by the Cercle de la voile de Paris (CVP). Synopsis The One Ton Cup regattas were at the beginning of races between one-tonner sailing ...

in 1993. With Oracle, Halcrow came second in the 2010 RC44 World Championship. In 2017 he won both th
TP52 Super Series & World Championship
onboard Platoon, and the IMA Maxi72 World Championship] onboard MOMO. Other World Championship include the 2014 Soto 40 Worlds and the 2022 6 metre Worlds and the ClubSwan 50 World Championship.

Personal life

He is married to American Lindsay Halcrow (born 19 June 1983).

References

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* 1966 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors 1987 America's Cup sailors 1992 America's Cup sailors 1995 America's Cup sailors 2000 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors 2010 America's Cup sailors Team New Zealand sailors Oracle Racing sailors World champions in sailing for New Zealand 6 Metre class world champions RC44 class world champions TP 52 class world champions Soto 40 class world champions 6 Metre class sailors TP 52 class sailors Soto 40 class sailors ClubSwan 50 class world champions 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub