Yacht / Country : AMERICA TRUE
Sail No USA 51
Syndicate : America True
CEO : Dawn Riley
Yacht Club: San Francisko YC
Designer : Phil Kaiko (USA)
Kurt Jordan
Heiner Melden
Aaron Perry
Mike Danks
Jim Hacket
Boat Builder : James Bettes
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Skipper: Dawn Riley
Dawn Riley is - because of her leadership roles in
the ACs in 1992 and 1995 and her two
participations at the Whitbread Round the World
Race - the best known American sailor
Now she founded her own syndicate - that by the
way also created a program for difficult youths.
These should understand the required teamwork
and responsibility on sail-boats for their later life.
Important for the success of the syndicate became
the partnership with C. Christopher, who
established his assets, networks and his general
technical know-how from the data communication
business.
The acquired helmsman John Cutler steered 1992
and 1995 for Nippon Challenge.
The team traveled as the first one already in the
summer of 1998/99 for training to Auckland.
As a training boat they acquired Chris Dickson's
former NZL-39.
This yacht was painted gray, with a red side profile of the Golden Gate Bridge and a mythical figure
dancing on the supporting cables.
The team finished the LVC 2000 on ranking 5 in the semifinals.
USA-51 AMERICA TRUE challenger ofthe Louis Vuitton Cup 2000
Dawn Riley is - because of her leadership roles in
the ACs in 1992 and 1995 and her two
participations at the Whitbread Round the World
Race - t
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
