Few New Zealanders in 1995 could have avoided television commentator Peter Montgomery’s famous line, ‘the America’s Cup is now New Zealand’s cup!’
Yachting
Events In History
23 January 1951
Twenty yachts left Wellington for Lyttelton in a race to celebrate Canterbury's centenary. The fleet ran into a severe southerly storm and only one yacht officially finished the race. Two others were lost, along with their 10 crew members.
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America's Cup
Team New Zealand's decisive victory in the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda in 2017 and its successful defence of the trophy in Auckland in 2021 finally laid to rest the bitter memory of its dramatic 8–9 loss to Oracle Team USA in 2013. Read the full article
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Team New Zealand's decisive victory in the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda in 2017 and its successful defence of the trophy in Auckland in 2021 finally laid to rest the bitter
Biographies
One of our most successful yachtsmen, Peter Mander won 16 national titles in eight different design classes between 1945 and 1985, and in 1956 won New Zealand's first yachting Olympic gold medal.
Main image: Team New Zealand at Valencia, 2007
The first race of the America's Cup series at Valencia, 2007
