Jeremy Lomas is a New Zealand

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who has been involved in multiple America's Cups. Lomas sailed on ''

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'' during the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race. He joined

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before their 2000 America's Cup defence and worked as a bowman. He stayed with the team and was a part of their 2003, 2007 and

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campaigns. He also sailed in the

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for Team New Zealand. Lomas left Team New Zealand in 2015 and later followed Dean Barker to SoftBank Team Japan and sailed for Japan during the

2017 America's Cup The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, won by a score of 7 to 1 over the defender, Oracle Team USA. It was held on the Great Sound in Bermuda from June 17 to June 2 ...

. He has also competed in the Kenwood Cup,

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, the

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and the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

References

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