Dean Phipps is a New Zealand

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who has competed in eight America's Cups. Phipps was a part of the Victory ’83 challenge for the

1983 Louis Vuitton Cup The 1983 Louis Vuitton Cup The Louis Vuitton Cup was the name of the Challenger Selection Series sailing competition from 1983, named after its sponsor, Louis Vuitton. The winner of the competition became the challenger to compete with t ...

and sailed on '' Australia IV'' during the 1987 Defender Selection Series. He was the backup bowman for New Zealand Challenge in the

1992 Louis Vuitton Cup The 3rd Louis Vuitton Cup was held in San Diego, United States in 1992. The winner, Il Moro di Venezia, went on to challenge for the 1992 America's Cup. The teams Eight challengers from seven nations contested the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. Toget ...

. He sailed on '' Steinlager 2'' during the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race and also competed in the 1993-94 edition, on board '' Winston''. He sailed with

Team New Zealand Team New Zealand or TNZ is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Team New Zealand became a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup i ...

on '' NZL 32'' during the

1995 America's Cup The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht ''Young America'' (USA 36) for the competition, and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand ...

victory and 2000 America's Cup defence. Phipps then joined Alinghi, and was part of their 2003 and

2007 America's Cup The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and '' Match Race'' in the sport of sailing. As per the Deed of Gift o ...

victories and their

2010 America's Cup The 33rd America's Cup between Société Nautique de Genève defending with team Alinghi against Golden Gate Yacht Club, and their racing team BMW Oracle Racing was the subject of extensive court action and litigation, surpassing in acrimony even ...

loss, although he was not on board the boat. He sailed the 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai with

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. He was inducted into the

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in 2010. He has also sailed in four Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, four

Fastnet Race The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France. The race is named after the Fast ...

, and two

Newport Bermuda Race The Newport Bermuda Race, commonly known as the ''Bermuda Race'', is a biennial, 635 nautical miles (1175 km) sailing yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the British island of Bermuda. According to its website, the Race is the oldest r ...

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Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) 1983 America's Cup sailors 1987 America's Cup sailors Volvo Ocean Race sailors Team New Zealand sailors 1995 America's Cup sailors 2000 America's Cup sailors Alinghi sailors 2003 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors 1992 America's Cup sailors Oracle Racing sailors Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub