{"id":379,"date":"2019-08-13T21:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T21:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2021-07-03T22:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T22:58:28","slug":"russell-coutts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/13\/russell-coutts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Russell Coutts"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sir Russell Coutts<\/strong>\u00a0is a World Champion New Zealand yachtsman and the co-owner of Sail GP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/156-sail-sport-talk-with-karen-43716747\/episode\/sail-sport-talk-august-13-47830430\/?embed=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/156-sail-sport-talk-with-karen-43716747\/episode\/sail-sport-talk-may-7-43716752\/?embed=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coutts\u2019 achievements include a gold medal in the\u00a0Finn Class\u00a0in the\u00a01984 Olympic Games, winning the\u00a0America\u2019s Cup\u00a0five times, the\u00a0ISAF\u00a0World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and\u00a0IOR,\u00a0IMS\u00a0and One Design World Championship victories. As skipper\/helmsman in America\u2019s cup racing, he has a perfect record with 15 wins and no losses (1995, 2000, 2003). He was CEO of the Oracle Team when it won the America\u2019s Cup twice with 14 wins and 16 losses (2010, 2013 and 2017 each time with\u00a0James Spithill\u00a0as skipper\/helmsman).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In New Zealand, Coutts has been honoured with appointment as a\u00a0Member of the Order of the British Empire\u00a0in the\u00a01985 New Year Honours and then elevation to the rank of\u00a0Commander of the Order of the British Empire\u00a0in the\u00a01995 Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was made a\u00a0Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit\u00a0in the\u00a02000 Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours, and redesignated as a\u00a0Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit\u00a0in 2009. \u00a0He has been named\u00a0ISAF\u00a0Sailor of the Year twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2005 Slovenian designer Andrej Justin designed with input from him a new boat called the\u00a0RC44; a high performance one design racer created for top level racing in international regattas under strictly controlled Class Rules. The concept and the design features of the RC44 are dedicated to the amateur helmsmen racing in fleet racing sailing events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July 2007, Coutts was named CEO and\u00a0Skipper\u00a0of\u00a0BMW Oracle Racing, sponsored by\u00a0Golden Gate Yacht Club\u00a0(GGYC), the United States Challenger to the\u00a02010 America\u2019s Cup. He was involved in the pre-match litigation between the challengers Golden Gate Yacht Club and\u00a0Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Gen\u00e8ve\u00a0(SNG), in which the court decided that the GGYC was the rightful Challenger of Record. Cup Defender SNG\u2019s team was\u00a0Alinghi. Coutts\u2019 yacht\u00a0USA\u00a0beat the defending yacht\u00a0Alinghi 5\u00a0by considerable margins in both races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coutts again led the Oracle Team as CEO in the next America\u2019s Cup match against\u00a0Emirates Team New Zealand. This match took place in the bay of San Francisco in September 2013. Oracle managed to come back from 8 races to 1 by winning the following 8 races and to defend the cup in the longest America\u2019s cup match ever. Both skipper James Spithill and team owner Larry Ellison praised Coutts\u2019 role in the defense of the oldest trophy in sports history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coutts was educated at\u00a0Otago Boys\u2019 High School\u00a0(1975\u20131979) and is a Life Member of Paremata Boating Club, where he learnt to sail in a P class, and the Ravensbourne Boating Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sail Sport Talk is an audio and multi-media broadcast on 10 platforms to 82 million people in 168 countries through Sports Byline USA. Tune in locations are\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/live-broadcasts-podcasts\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile is aired inside the Rick Tittle Show every Tuesday morning Pacific Daylight Time at 9:37 sometimes beginning earlier with additional interviews. Rebroadcast happens at 15:37pm PDT and a Podcast is added to iheart radio approx 7-10 days afterwards.<\/em>\u00a0Tune in to Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile on 10 different platforms.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Russell Coutts\u00a0is a World Champion New Zealand yachtsman and the co-owner of Sail GP. 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