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America's Cup legend lines up for Howth Etchells Regatta

Sailing

1:58 PM Wed 4 Aug 2010 GMT

Etchells Class

America's Cup legend John Bertrand is among 42 entries received for the Etchells World Championships coming to Howth later this month. A quarter of the fleet are Irish but entries are also coming from Australia, Bermuda, USA and Sweden. Bertrand and his crew are coming from Victoria in Australia. Bertrand skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy. Bertrand won the bronze medal in the Finn competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He is a member of Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Melbourne Australia, and currently competes in the Etchells ...

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