Yacht / Country : NIPPON
Sail No JPN-44 and 52
Syndicate : NIPPON CHALLENGE
CEO : Tatsumitsu Yamasaki
Yacht Club: Nippon YC
Designer : Nippon Challenge
Design Team
Masanobu Katori
Hideaki Miyata
( assembled a young designers team
from 5 Japanese universities and various companies)
Boat Builder : Challengers
Building Team
Skipper: Peter Gilmour
The driving force of Nippon Challenge (1st participation
+ Semifinals 1992, Semifinals again in 1995) was
Tatsumitsu Yamasaki, CEO of S + F Foods, Asia's
market leader in the Spice trade .Despite the Asian
financial crisis, sponsorship money for two new yachts
(JPN 44 and 52) could be provided
A team led by the Japanese Professor Hideaki Myata
designed 50 computer models, of which 5 were tested
in the tank.
The Australian professional sailor Peter Gilmour, who
took care for years for the team steered as skipper
JPN 44 on the 4th ranking in the semifinals of the LVC
2000.
JPN-44 NIPPON challenger ofthe Louis Vuitton Cup 2000
A team led by the Japanese Professor Hideaki Myata designed
50 computer models, of which 5 were tested in the tank.
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
