- Harold Cudmore
Harold Cudmore is an Irish sailor.
Born and raised in Cork, Harold Cudmore became an internationally famous yacht racing skipper and match racer.
Cudmore had success in classes from the
International 505 , where he placed 2nd in the World and 4th in Europe [505 history site. 1969 Europeans Report. [http://www.baaths.com/euro-69.html] ] , through classes like the Half-ton and One-Ton classes where he won the Worlds, through to theAmerica's Cup and theAdmiral's Cup [Bio from a site offering after-dinner speakers [http://www.gordonpoole.com/?artistID=920] ] .He represented
Ireland in the 1972 Olympics inKiel [Irish Sailing page [http://www.sailing.ie/inside/default.asp?pageId=106] ] .He was the first non-American to win the
Congressional Cup in the USA [Report on the 2003 Congressional Cup [http://www.yachtracing.com/regattas03/concup/030603.htm] ] , one of the longest-established and most prestigious match racing events.In addition to sailing for Irish teams, Cudmore also captained the British and German Fact|date=April 2008 Admiral's Cup teams at various times [ RORC Admiral's Cup history page, 1989 event [http://www.rorc.org/admiralscup/history/1989/default.html] ] and skippered the top ranked boat in 1985.
In the America's Cup Cudmore was heavily involved in several British campaigns during the 1980's, and was the head coach of the 1992 winning campaign America3 and coaching the all-women's Defense campaign in 1995. [ NOR for Cork Week 2006, taked from the US Sailing website, containing brief Bio of Cudmore [http://www.ussailing.org/offshore/irc/NOR4.pdf] ] .
He was named "Sailor of the Year" in Britain in 1986.
More recently Cudmore has been a skipper on the mega-yacht circuit and has also done some after-dinner speaking.
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