Rodney Ardern

Rodney Ardern is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cups and Volvo Ocean Races.

Ardern attended the University of Auckland, where he studied chemistry.[1]

He was a part of New Zealand Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup before sailing in the 1993-94 Whitbread Round the World Race on board Tokio.[2]

He then joined Tag Heuer Challenge for the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup before competing in the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race on Swedish Match. He was with Nippon Challenge for the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup.

He sailed the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race with Team SEB and the 2005-06 event on Pirates of the Caribbean.[3][4][5]

Ardern was a member of Alinghi when they won the 2003 America's Cup and defended the 2007 America's Cup.[6] He was part of their 2008 IShares Cup victory and was the pitman on Alinghi 5 when it lost the 2010 America's Cup.[7][8] He then joined Team Origin just before the team was disbanded in October 2010.[9][10]

He then joined Artemis Racing and sailed with them in the Extreme Sailing Series and the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Auckland engineers boost America’s Cup crews - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Magazine, Search (31 July 2017). "Meet the sailors: Rodney Ardern". www.searchmagazine.se. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Capt. Cayard's cut-throat crew - Cayard Sailing". 16 August 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Yachting: Ardern heads to sea for his America’s Cup break". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Pirates of the Caribbean crew officially announced". Yachts and Yachting Online. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "America's Cup: Striving for Perfection: Artemis Racing's Rodney Ardern (NZL)". sailracewin.blogspot.co.nz. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "America's Cup: Alinghi wins AC Class in Valencia - Yachting World". 10 November 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Extreme 40 - Alinghi - Official website". www.alinghi.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Laven, By Kate. "Cowes Week 2010: America's Cup inspires duel between Ben Ainslie and James Spithill". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Team Origin's plans for America's Cup scrapped by team owner Sir Keith Mills". Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Louis Vuitton Cup 2013 - Semi-Final Crew Lists Luna Rossa (Italy) and Artemis Racing (Sweden) - from CupInfo.com". www.cupinfo.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Artemis training death shocks Team New Zealand". 5 October 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2017 – via www.newshub.co.nz.
  13. ↑ "Artemis Racing". Retrieved 31 July 2017 – via TVNZ.
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