Tom Schnackenberg
Skipper:
Dean Barker
Team New Zealand won the America's Cup in 1995 off San Diego in a remarkable 5-0 sweep by NZL-32 Black Magic over Young America.
Five years later, Team New Zealand became the first to successfully defend the America's Cup outside the United States
when they sailed NZL-60 to
victory
over the Italian Prada challenge. Again, the score was 5-0 for "the black boat".
After steering New Zealand to victory in the first four races of the 9-race final series in 2000, skipper Russell Coutts turned the helm over to back-up helmsman Dean Barker.
Barker proved worthy of his mentor's faith, and confidently completed the unbeaten string against the Italians while Coutts savoured the victory from a Team NZ chase boat.
Shortly after the 2000 regatta, however, several of Team New Zealand's brightest stars, including Coutts and tactician Brad Butterworth, left to join
rival teams
.
Tom Schnackenberg, who was Team New Zealand's design coordinator and navigator during the successful campaigns in 1995 and 2000, remains with the team as syndicate head and design coordinator.
Peter Blake
, who had led the 1995 and 2000 campaigns, also announced he was stepping down. He joined the Cousteau Society, then formed his own environmental organisation Blakexpeditions. In December 2001 he was murdered at the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil.
A short history of 'New Zealand's Cup'
Just dandy, Deano!
Team New Zealand has done us proud
New boats:
NZL-81
,
launched August 2002
NZL-82
,
launched October 2002
Trial horses:
NZL57
(built for the 2000 cup defence)
NZL60
(successful defender in 2000)
Club:
Royal NZ Yacht Squadron
The team
(* indicates 2000 Team NZ veteran)
*
Joey Allen
(bowman)
*
Cameron Appleton
(back-up helmsman, strategist, navigator)
Ian Baker
(grinder)
Adam Beashel
(traveller)
Andy Claughton
(design team)
*
James Dagg
(trimmer)
Rod Davis
(helmsman on training boat)
Tom Dodson (tactician/strategist)
*
Mike Drummond
(principal designer)
*
Peter Evans
(tactician/strategist)
*
Burns Fallow
(sailmaker)
Ben Fletcher (sail loft)
Daniel Fong (trimmer)
Jamie France (design team)
Paul Gudgeon (sail loft)
Nathan Handley
(bowman)
* Jared Henderson (pitman)
* Nick Heron (runner/floater)
Nick Holrod (design team)
Zachary Hurst (trimmer)
Andrew Kensington (design team)
* Jeremy Lomas (bowman)
*
Grant Loretz
(trimmer)
*
Jonathan Macbeth
(grinder)
*
Winston Macfarlane
(runner/pitman)
Lance Manson (rigger)
Roy Mason (shore crew)
Chris McAsey
(grinder)
*
Barry McKay
(pitman)
*
Richard Meacham
(bowman)
Christopher Miller
(design team)
* Chris Mitchell (rig design coordinator)
*
Matt Mitchell
(mid bowman)
Andrew Nottage (shore crew)
*
Clay Oliver
(principal designer)
Craig Oxenham (shore crew)
Bertrand Pace
(sailing coach and back-up helmsman)
Pace was skipper of the French Le Defi challenge in 1999.
*
Hamish Pepper
(tactician)
Loren Poole (designer)
*
Tony Rae
(mainsail trimmer)
Selwyn Ross (shore crew)
Chris Salthouse
(mainsheet)
Craig Satterthwaite
(pitman)
Carsten Schon
(trimmer)
Daniel Slater
(tactician, traveller)
David Slyfield (fitness trainer)
Joe Spooner
(grinder)
Jason Squire (shore crew)
Neville Thorpe (shore crew)
Rob Waddell
(grinder)
*
Chris Ward
grinder/mastman)
Carl Whiting-Williams
(mastman)
Erle Williams
(strategist)
Directors:
Peter J Menzies
Ralph Norris
John Risley
Kevin Roberts
Jumped ship:
Team NZ alumni working for the challengers
