Mike Drummond

Mike Drummond is a New Zealand sailor and yacht designer who is a member of the America's Cup Hall of Fame.

Drummond was born in Christchurch and joined New Zealand Challenge before the 1987 America's Cup and he then helped to design, and sail on, KZ 1 during the 1988 America's Cup.[1] He remained with the team for the 1992 America's Cup.[2]

He joined Team New Zealand and was part of the design and sailing teams when they won the 1995 America's Cup. He sailed in one race.[3]

Drummond was a navigator and sailed in two races during the 2000 America's Cup as navigator and also sailed in the 2003 America's Cup campaign.[4]

Drummond then joined Alinghi for the 2007 America's Cup.

He later joined Oracle Racing as their design director and was involved in designing USA 17 for the 2010 America's Cup and the AC45 class for the 2013 America's Cup.[5]

In 2010, he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame.[6][7]

Drummond also designs and sails his own International A-class catamaran.[8] He competed in the 2014 World Championships in Takapuna.[9] In 2017 he assisted the NZ Extreme Sailing Team in the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series.[10]

References
  1. KRASOVIC, TOM (7 September 1988). "THE AMERICA'S CUP : Barnes Pins Hopes on His Top 40". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. "Race & Design: Mike Drummond Interview". Catsailingnews.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. "Drummond is part of Team NZ's furniture". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. "America's Cup final pits old against new". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. "AC45 by Mike Drummond, Oracle Racing Design Director". Catsailingnews.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. "America's Cup Hall of Fame – 2010 Inductees Named – from CupInfo". Cupinfo.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  7. "Drummond, Jones inducted into Hall of Fame". oracleracingblog.blogspot.co.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  8. "Youngster pips veteran in tight A-Class races". Stuff. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  9. "Takapuna A-Cat Worlds: QA with Mike Drummond >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  10. "NZ Extreme Sailing Team enlists multihull expert Mike Drummond". Extremesailingseries.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.


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