Tony Rae (sailor)
Anthony Rae, also known as Trae,Volvo Ocean Race six times and the America's Cup seven times.[4]
Early years
Rae attended Mount Roskill Grammar School.[5]
Sailing career
After sailing on Lion New Zealand during the
1993–94 event. He also competed with New Zealand Challenge in the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.[6]
He was then onboard
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
Oracle Racing.[8]
He joined
2017 World Masters Games with his father, Murray,[9] before joining the New Zealand Sailing team in the Extreme Sailing Series.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Tony Rae". Volvo Ocean Race.
- ^ a b "Meet one of ocean racing's toughest characters".
- ^ "America's Cup J Class Regatta Race 1 Falls Victim to Light Airs :: News :: J Class Association". www.jclassyachts.com.
- ^ "Newsletter" (PDF). MOUNT ROSKILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. April 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Tony Rae (NZ)" – via TVNZ.
- ^ "Grant Dalton introduces the team – Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
- ^ "America's Cup- Tony Rae picks up 500 kg of WeetBix + Video". Powerboat-world.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Former America's Cup winner links up with dad for World Masters Games". Stuff.