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Captain America NAME:Sir Russell CouttsAGE:51BORN IN:Wellington, New ZealandRESIDES IN:San Francisco, CaliforniaJOB DESCRIPTION:CEO of Oracle Team USA, the American sailing team defending the America’s Cup trophy in September 2013. Coutts has won the prestigious yacht race four times.TIME SPENT ON THE ROAD:Two to three weeks a monthPLACES VISITED IN THE LAST YEAR: China, England, France, Italy, New Zealand, Oman, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Q. You have been sailing since you were a young boy. Was the sport your gateway to travel?A. I grew up in a family of modest means in New Zealand. Travel consisted of road trips or camping trips. It was about being out in nature. As a boy, I learned to sail on Otago Harbor in the far south of New Zealand and immediately fell in love with the water. I wasn’t much for sitting in the classroom. I remember a teacher asking me what I wanted… See more at http://www.afar.com/magazine/captain-america

Captain America


NAME:Sir Russell Coutts
AGE:51
BORN IN:Wellington, New Zealand
RESIDES IN:San Francisco, California
JOB DESCRIPTION:CEO of Oracle Team USA, the American sailing team defending the America’s Cup trophy in September 2013. Coutts has won the prestigious yacht race four times.
TIME SPENT ON THE ROAD:Two to three weeks a month
PLACES VISITED IN THE LAST YEAR: China, England, France, Italy, New Zealand, Oman, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Q. You have been sailing since you were a young boy. Was the sport your gateway to travel?
A. I grew up in a family of modest means in New Zealand. Travel consisted of road trips or camping trips. It was about being out in nature. As a boy, I learned to sail on Otago Harbor in the far south of New Zealand and immediately fell in love with the water. I wasn’t much for sitting in the classroom. I remember a teacher asking me what I wanted…



See more at http://www.afar.com/magazine/captain-america

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"The Wind Gods" airs locally in the Bay Area on KQED (PBS) TODAY at 3:00pm PT

This thrilling, action-packed documentary tells the story of the 33rd America’s Cup yacht race, in which Oracle Corporation owner Larry Ellison’s American yacht USA-17, representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, defeated the Swiss-owned Alinghi 5 yacht of Italian entrepreneur Ernesto Bertarelli. Beautifully shot with unique footage of the famous race, the film documents Ellison’s effort to bring the America’s Cup back to the United States after 18 years. It is a powerful celebration of life on the ocean, and the men and women who spend their lives seeking to conquer it. Directed by Peabody-award winner Fritz Mitchell and produced by Skydance Productions, the soaring orchestral score by composer Pinar Toprak received the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Score in 2011.

The ‘Built for Speed’ exhibit is now open at the @CalAcademy in San Francisco through September 29th - which includes an installation of a full ORACLE TEAM USA AC45. Join us tomorrow (May 16th) at the Nightlife event premier (for adults 21+) from 6:30 to 10:00pm; and watch a Q&A with ORACLE TEAM USA designers and engineers. #oracleteamusa #builtforspeed #exhibit #california #calacademy #speed #AC45 #sf More Info: http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/

The ‘Built for Speed’ exhibit is now open at the @CalAcademy in San Francisco through September 29th - which includes an installation of a full ORACLE TEAM USA AC45.
Join us tomorrow (May 16th) at the Nightlife event premier (for adults 21+) from 6:30 to 10:00pm; and watch a Q&A with ORACLE TEAM USA designers and engineers.
#oracleteamusa #builtforspeed #exhibit #california #calacademy #speed #AC45 #sf

More Info: http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/

“Today is a sad day for all of us in the sailing community. Andrew Simpson was a great person, a terrific sailor, and a good friend to all of our team. Our thoughts are with his family and the entire Artemis team. He will be dearly missed.”

ORACLE TEAM USA

Want to learn how to sail?

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US Sailing, the national governing body of the sport, has joined forces with the pinnacle event in sailing – the iconic America’s Cup – to introduce, inform and educate a new generation of sailors.

The new website at www.startsailing.org offers visitors an exciting and easy-to-follow introductory view of sailing, including information on the various types of sailboats, the basics of sailing, tips on how to get started and find access to boats and lessons, as well as other ways to get involved.

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