Robert Salthouse (born 5 December 1965) is a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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who has sailed in multiple

Volvo Ocean Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Rac ...

s and

America's Cup The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one f ...

s. Salthouse joined New Zealand Challenge and sailed in the

1987 Louis Vuitton Cup The 2nd Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1987. The winner, Stars & Stripes, went on to challenge for and win the 1987 America's Cup. Teams Twelve syndicates from six countries (Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand ...

and on '' KZ 1'' during the 1988 America's Cup. He sailed with the team again 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 with '' Team Tyco'' in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race. Salthouse joined

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 ...

for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. He then sailed on Puma Racing's '' Il Mostro'' during the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race. He then briefly sailed with Mascalzone Latino in the

Louis Vuitton Trophy The Louis Vuitton Trophy was a series of four match race regattas in International America's Cup Class boats, held between November 2009 and November 2010. The Louis Vuitton Trophy was organised after the success of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Se ...

regattas, before joining Team New Zealand's campaign for the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race, sailing on ''

Camper Lifelovers ''Camper Lifelovers'' is a Volvo Open 70 yacht. She finished second in the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Chris Nicholson. Career The Emirates Team New Zealand design team joined with Camper sports company of Spain to develop and ...

''. He sailed with ''

Team Vestas Wind ''Turn the Tide on Plastic'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. As ''Team Vestas Wind'', she finished seventh in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Chris Nicholson. Following the race, the boat was refitted for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race a ...

'' in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race. The boat was shipwrecked during the second leg of the race. He managed Team New Zealand's fairings program in the

2013 America's Cup The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay on September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand r ...

and their wing programme in 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 ...

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1965 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors 1987 America's Cup sailors 1988 America's Cup sailors 1992 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors Team New Zealand sailors {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub