David Barnes (sailor)
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Full name | David John Barnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1958-04-27)27 April 1958 Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 October 2020(2020-10-23) (aged 62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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David John Barnes (27 April 1958 – 23 October 2020) was a New Zealand America's Cup sailor, and three-time 470 world champion.
Early years
Born in Wellington, Barnes was educated at Tawa College. He married Karen in 1986, and the couple had three children.[citation needed]
Sailing career
Barnes skippered the KZ1 yacht which lost to the United States in the 1988 America's Cup race.[1][2][3]
Later years
Barnes was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In 2013 he became involved with Kiwi Gold Sailing, a group of paralympians attempting to qualify a Sonar for the 2016 Paralympics. The team included fellow America's Cup veteran Rick Dodson. However, Barnes' condition worsened and he withdrew from the team in 2014.[4]
Barnes died on 23 October 2020, aged 62.[5]
Career achievements
- 1973 Won the Tanner Cup and Tauranga Cup PClass
- 1974 Won the National Championship Starling Class
- 1975 Third in World Youth Championship 420 Class
- 1976 Third in World Youth Championship Fireball Class
- 1976 Reserve for the Olympics 470 Class
- 1981 Won the World Championship 470 Class
- 1983 Won the World Championship 470 Class
- 1984 Won the World Championship 470 Class
- 1985 NZ America's Cup Challenge in Perth/Skipper KZ5/Alternate Helmsman KZ7
- 1987 Skipper for KZ7/won the 12 metre Worlds in Sardinia
- 1988 NZ America's Cup Challenge in San Diego/Skipper of KZ-1 New Zealand vs Dennis Conner's catamaran Stars & Stripes US-1.
- 1992 NZ America's Cup Challenge in San Diego/Tactician to Rod Davis/One of four directors for the campaign
- 1995 America's Cup Challenge with One Australia/Testing Helmsman/Part of "Fluid Thinking" design team
- 1996 Employed by James Farmer QC/Organised and supervised construction of his Mumm 36 Keelboat/Skipper for the campaign
- 2000 America's Cup Challenge with America True/Skippered one of the boats through the testing program/Conceptual Director
- 2003 America's Cup Challenge with GBR/General Manager
References
- ^ "Scuttlebutt News: 1988 America's Cup". Sailingscuttlebutt.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Lloyd, Barbara (17 June 1990). "YACHTING; A Cup Rehearsal For New Zealand". The New York Times.
- ^ Patterson, Don (20 February 1991). "America's Cup '92: Kiwis Make Themselves at Home; Days Are Long, But Welcome Is Warm in Camp Coronado". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Finding their sea legs again: Former Team NZ hero and his Paralympics bid". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Former Team New Zealand America's Cup sailor David Barnes dies". Stuff.co.nz. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
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Preceded by | Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee 1981 1983 With: Hamish Willcox | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Neroli Fairhall | Succeeded by Ian Ferguson |
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- 1970: Y. Carr & H. Carr
- 1971: T. van Essen & W. van Essen
- 1972: S. Vollebregt & E. Vollebregt
- 1973: Söderlund & Börresen
- 1974: Gorostegui & Albalat
- 1975: Laurent & Surmin
- 1977: Ullman & Linskey
- 1978: Ullman & Linskey
- 1979: Kay & Komiya
- 1980: Ullman & Linskey
- 1981: Barnes & Willcox
- 1982: Borowski & Swensson
- 1983: Barnes & Willcox
- 1984: Barnes & Willcox
- 1985: T. Chieffi & E. Chieffi
- 1986: Peponnet & Pillot
- 1987: Hoeft & Bier
- 1988: Buckley & Newlands
- 1989: T. Tsutsumi & N. Tsutsumi
- 1990: Hunger & Schmidt
- 1991: Hunger & Schmidt
- 1992: Calafat & Sánchez
- 1993: Calafat & Sánchez
- 1994: B. Kouwenhoven & J. Kouwenhoven
- 1995: Kosmatopoulos & Trigonis
- 1996: B. Kouwenhoven & J. Kouwenhoven
- 1997: Leskinen & Heinila
- 1998: Philippe & Cariou
- 1999: Petit & Cuzon
- 2000: King & Turnbull
- 2001: Braslavets & Matviyenko
- 2002: Cooke & Nicholas
- 2003: Zandonà & Trani
- 2004: Wilmot & Page
- 2005: Wilmot & Page
- 2006: Asher & Willis
- 2007: Wilmot & Page
- 2008: Asher & Willis
- 2009: Fantela & Marenić
- 2010: Belcher & Page
- 2011: Belcher & Page
- 2012: Belcher & Page
- 2013: Belcher & Ryan
- 2014: Belcher & Ryan
- 2015: Belcher & Ryan
- 2016: Fantela & Marenić
- 2017: Belcher & Ryan
- 2018: Peponnet & Mion
- 2019: Belcher & Ryan
- 2021: Dahlberg & Bergström