Tony Rae (sailor)

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Anthony Rae, also known as Trae,[1] (born 26 June 1961[2][3]) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in the Volvo Ocean Race six times and the America's Cup seven times.[4]

Early years[edit]

Rae attended Mount Roskill Grammar School.[5]

Sailing career[edit]

After sailing on Lion New Zealand during the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race, Rae joined the New Zealand Challenge that competed on KZ 7 at the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup. He was then part of the crew on Steinlager 2 that won every leg in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race before racing on another winner, NZ Endeavour, in the 1993–94 event. He also competed with New Zealand Challenge in the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.[6]

He was then onboard Team New Zealand when they won the 1995 America's Cup with Black Magic. He then returned to ocean sailing, being on board Innovation Kvaerner during the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race, before rejoining Team New Zealand for the 2000 and 2003 America's Cups.

He was part of Team New Zealand as a mainsail trimmer when they won the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, before losing the 2007 America's Cup to Alinghi 2–5.[7] He then was part of the team's entry into the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race, Camper Lifelovers, before the AC72 crew for the 2013 America's Cup, which Team New Zealand lost 8–9 to Oracle Racing.[8]

He joined Team Vestas Wind for the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, where he broke a rib before the start of leg 2.[3] He competed in the 2017 World Masters Games with his father, Murray,[9] before joining the New Zealand Sailing team in the Extreme Sailing Series.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Now: Madeira Islands, Portugal (12 May 2017). "Kiwi offshore star 'Trae' joins NZ Extreme Sailing Team". Extreme Sailing Series. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Tony Rae". Volvo Ocean Race.
  3. ^ a b "Meet one of ocean racing's toughest characters".
  4. ^ "America's Cup J Class Regatta Race 1 Falls Victim to Light Airs :: News :: J Class Association". www.jclassyachts.com.
  5. ^ "Newsletter" (PDF). MOUNT ROSKILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. April 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Tony Rae (NZ)" – via TVNZ.
  7. ^ "Grant Dalton introduces the team – Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
  8. ^ "America's Cup- Tony Rae picks up 500 kg of WeetBix + Video". Powerboat-world.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Former America's Cup winner links up with dad for World Masters Games". Stuff.
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