American sailor Ed Baird has joined Team Alinghi as a helmsman, alongside Peter Holmberg and Jochen Schuemann. As world match racing champion for the second year running, Baird is seen as one of the best helmsmen in the world in this most demanding discipline. A winner of 17 professional match race competitions, he also took part in the 1995 America's Cup (as "B" helmsman for Team New Zealand) and in the 2000 event at the helm of New York Yacht
Club's Young America syndicate. Baird is an eight-time world champion, most notably in the Laser and J/24 classes. A well-rounded sailor, he competed in two Whitbread Round-the-World races, is a four-time winner of the Bitter End YCs Pro-Am Regatta and the only two-time Scuttlebutt Sailing Club Champion.
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Club's Young America syndicate. Baird is an eight-time world champion, most notably in the Laser and J/24 classes. A well-rounded sailor, he competed in two Whitbread Round-the-World races, is a four-time winner of the Bitter End YCs Pro-Am Regatta and the only two-time Scuttlebutt Sailing Club Champion.
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