David Barnes (sailor)
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| Full name | David John Barnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1958 Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 October 2020 (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[edit]
Born in Wellington, Barnes was educated at Tawa College. He married Karen in 1986, and the couple had three children.[citation needed]
Sailing career[edit]
Barnes skippered the KZ1 yacht which lost to the United States in the 1988 America's Cup race.[1][2][3]
Later years[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "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". Nzherald.co.nz. 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.
Categories:
- 1958 births
- 2020 deaths
- Sportspeople from Wellington City
- New Zealand male sailors (sport)
- OK class sailors
- World champions in sailing for New Zealand
- 470 class world champions
- People with multiple sclerosis
- People educated at Tawa College
- 2003 America's Cup sailors
- 2000 America's Cup sailors
- 1995 America's Cup sailors
- 1992 America's Cup sailors
- 1988 America's Cup sailors
- 1987 America's Cup sailors