2000 America's Cup

36°50′40″S 174°45′49″E / 36.84444°S 174.76361°E / -36.84444; 174.76361Dates:20 February – 2 March 2000Rule:International America's Cup ClassWinner:Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronScore:5–0

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The 30th America's Cup was won by Team New Zealand, who swept the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup winner Prada Challenge in all five races. It was the first America's Cup without an American challenger or defender.

Races

Date	Winner	Yacht	Loser	Yacht	Score	Delta
20 February 2000	Team New Zealand	NZL 60	Prada Challenge	ITA 45	1-0	1:07
22 February 2000	Team New Zealand	NZL 60	Prada Challenge	ITA 45	2-0	2:43
26 February 2000	Team New Zealand	NZL 60	Prada Challenge	ITA 45	3-0	1:39
1 March 2000	Team New Zealand	NZL 60	Prada Challenge	ITA 45	4-0	1:49
2 March 2000	Team New Zealand	NZL 60	Prada Challenge	ITA 45	5-0	0:48

Crew

Team New Zealand

Role	Name
Skipper / Helmsman	Russell Coutts (NZL)
Backup Helmsman	Dean Barker* (NZL)
Tactician	Brad Butterworth (NZL)
Navigator	Tom Schnackenberg (NZL)

* Sailed in Race 5
The crew included Rick Dodson,^[1] Hamish Pepper, Jeremy Scantlebury, Murray Jones, Matthew Mason, Jeremy Lomas, Craig Monk, Chris Ward, Grant Loretz, Mike Drummond, Jono Macbeth, Barry McKay, Joe Allen, Nick Heron, Tony Rae,^[2] Dean Phipps, Warwick Fleury and Simon Daubney. Peter Blake did not sail with the team in 2000, acting as the on-shore manager.^[3]

Peter Evans was the backup tactician and ran the weather programme.^[4]

Prada Challenge

Role	Name
Skipper / Helmsman	Francesco de Angelis (ITA)
Tactician	Torben Grael (BRA)

References

^ "Finding their sea legs again: Former Team NZ hero and his Paralympics bid". Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "America's Cup final pits old against new". Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "America's Cup 2000". www.espn.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "No P-class memories for Peter".