20 Oct 2024

The Sailing Professor on Team NZ's unprecedented win

From Sunday Morning, 10:48 am on 20 October 2024

Professor Mark Orams is a world champion sailor, he was in the winning crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race, a member of Team New Zealand working alongside Peter Blake, and he's now Professor of Sport and Recreation at the Auckland University of Technology and he's been analysing the racing off Barcelona in columns for the NZ Herald as 'The Sailing Professor'.

The crew of Emirates Team New Zealand celebrate winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup Match against Britain's Ineos Britannia (not seen), off the coast of Barcelona on October 19, 2024.

The crew of Emirates Team New Zealand celebrate winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup Match against Britain's Ineos Britannia (not seen), off the coast of Barcelona on October 19, 2024. Photo: LLUIS GENE / AFP