{"id":1111,"date":"2020-01-28T12:18:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2020-02-04T16:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:38:55","slug":"paul-cayard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/28\/paul-cayard\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Cayard"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Cayard has competed at multiple world championship level\u00a0sailing\u00a0events, including the\u00a0America\u2019s Cup, the\u00a0Whitbread Round the World Race,the\u00a0Volvo Ocean Race\u00a0and the\u00a0Olympic Games. In 1998 he was selected as the\u00a0US Rolex Yachtsmen of the Year. He has won seven world championships, twice participated in the Olympic Games and seven times in the America\u2019s Cup. In 2002 he was elected into the Sailing World Hall of Fame.  All his sailing accomplishments, he counts his 1988 Star Class world championship as his most prized victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cayard is a member of four different yacht clubs, the St. Francis Yacht Club, the San Francisco Yacht Club, the Encinal Yacht Club, and the Yacht Club de Monaco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"420\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/156-sail-sport-talk-with-karen-43716747\/episode\/sail-sport-talk-january-28-56856682\/?embed=true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From an early age Cayard showed great promise as a sailor, and by his early teens was successfully sailing high performance dinghies such as the\u00a0International 505\u00a0and Laser. As Cayard grew and became more proficient in sailing, he gained the notice of\u00a0Tom Blackaller, who invited Cayard to crew for him on his\u00a0Star class\u00a0sailboat. Blackaller would become an influential mentor, and the Star Class would become a lifelong passion for Cayard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1984, Cayard was selected as an alternate in the\u00a0Olympic Games\u00a0for the USA sailing team. Sailing in the Star Class, he won the silver medal at the pre-Olympic regatta in 2003, going on to finish 5th at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in\u00a0Athens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cayard has competed in a broad range of ocean racing events with an impressive record. He has won the 1994\u00a0Kenwood Cup, the 1994 and 1996\u00a0Sardinia Cup, and the 1995\u00a0Admirals Cup. His top achievement in this arena was becoming the first American to win the\u00a0Whitbread Round the World\u00a0in 1997\/1998 as skipper of\u00a0EF Language. He beat out ten other yachts for the prize over a course of 32,000 miles (51,500\u00a0km).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of 2006, Cayard competed in the Volvo Ocean Race as skipper of\u00a0<em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>\u00a0syndicate sponsored by\u00a0The Walt Disney Company\u00a0in reference to the movie of the same name. Cayard Sailing, Inc. managed the syndicate. The team won the final leg into Gothenburg and finished the overall race in 2nd place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2007, Paul Cayard and Russell Coutts announced the launch of the World Sailing League in partnership with internationally renowned Portuguese sports promoter, Jo\u00e3o Lagos. The World Sailing League (WSL) will be held at premier sailing locations around the world with the series winner receiving $2 million in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2009, Cayard joined\u00a0Artemis Racing, owned by\u00a0Torbj\u00f6rn T\u00f6rnqvist. Cayard was the Skipper of the Louis Vuitton Trophy team and Tactician onboard TP52 Artemis (www.artemisracing.com).\u00a0\u00a0Artemis Racing\u00a0became the Challenger of Record in the\u00a034th America\u2019s Cup\u00a0in 2010 and Cayard became CEO.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cayard-Sailing-45154148469\/ (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cayard-Sailing-45154148469\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cayard-Sailing-45154148<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cayard-Sailing-45154148469\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cayard-Sailing-45154148469\/ (opens in a new tab)\">4<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cayard-Sailing-45154148469\/ (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cayard-Sailing-45154148469\/\" target=\"_blank\">69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Cayard competed in the recent Star Sailors League in Nassau reporting from that competition.  The Star Sailors League is a sailing competition circuit for professional sailors of the Star class boat. It was formed in 2013 by Xavier Rohart. In October 2017, the Star Sailors League was awarded a \u201cSpecial Event\u201d status by World Sailing, the governing body of sailing.  The\u00a0<strong>Star Sailors League<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>SSL<\/strong>) is an international regatta circuit designed to promote the athletes and the sport in an innovative and simple format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Cayard was born May 19, 1959 in\u00a0San Francisco,\u00a0California. He began sailing in 1967 at the age of eight. He graduated in 1981 with a degree in business management from\u00a0San Francisco State University. He speaks three languages:\u00a0English,\u00a0French\u00a0and\u00a0Italian. He enjoys flying and holds a\u00a0pilots certification\u00a0for single engine aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Cayard has competed at multiple world championship level\u00a0sailing\u00a0events, including the\u00a0America\u2019s Cup, the\u00a0Whitbread Round the World Race,the\u00a0Volvo Ocean Race\u00a0and the\u00a0Olympic Games. In 1998 he was selected as the\u00a0US Rolex Yachtsmen of the Year. He has won seven world championships, twice participated in the Olympic Games and seven times in the America\u2019s Cup. In 2002 he was elected into the Sailing World Hall of Fame. All his sailing accomplishments, he counts his 1988 Star Class world championship as his most prized victory. 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