Ross "Rosco" Halcrow (born 17 November 1966) is a New Zealand

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

who has won both the

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 ...

and the

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 ...

. Halcrow was a sailmaker and backup crew member for New Zealand Challenge in both the

1987 America's Cup The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup. The American challenger '' Stars & Stripes 87'', sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender '' Kookaburra III'', sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race swee ...

and

1992 America's Cup The 28th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1992 Citizen Cup defender selection series, America³, and the winner of the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger selection series, Il Moro di Venezia. It was the first edition of t ...

. He sailed in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race on '' Fisher & Paykel NZ''. He sailed on '' Pinta'' when it won the

One Ton Cup The One Ton Cup is a trophy presented to the winner of a sailing competition created in 1899 by the Cercle de la voile de Paris (CVP). Synopsis The One Ton Cup regattas were at the beginning of races between one-tonner sailing dinghies, acc ...

in 1993. He 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 in ...

and was part of the sailing crew on ''

NZL 32 ''NZL 32'', or ''Black Magic'', is an International Americas Cup Class yacht which won the 1995 America's Cup by defeating the American defender ''Young America'' in a 5–0 victory off San Diego, California. Design ''NZL 32'' was, in many wa ...

'' when it won the

1995 Louis Vuitton Cup The 4th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in San Diego, United States in 1995. The winner, Team New Zealand, went on to challenge for and win the 1995 America's Cup. The teams Originally ten challengers from seven nations submitted bids to compete for t ...

and

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, w ...

. He then competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race on ''

Innovation Kvaerner ''Innovation Kvaerner'' (also known as ''Atea'') is a yacht. She finished fourth in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Knut Frostad. Career ''Innovation Kvaerner'' was designed by Bruce Farr Bruce Kenneth Farr (born 1 ...

'' before joining the

New York Yacht Club The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. ...

's ''Young America'' challenge for the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup where he sailed and was in charge of the sail program. For the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, Halcrow sailed on winner ''

Illbruck Challenge ''Illbruck Challenge'' is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She won the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by John Kostecki John Paul Kostecki (born July 7, 1964) is an American competitive sailor of Polish descent. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl ...

''. He joined the ''Ericsson Racing Team'' boat from leg 5 of the 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race. He joined

Oracle Racing Oracle Team USA is an American yacht racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America's Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 – representing the Golden Gate Yacht Clu ...

in 2003 and sailed with them in the

2007 Louis Vuitton Cup The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, ...

. With Oracle, Halcrow came second in the 2010

RC44 The RC44 sailboat was designed by Russell Coutts Sir Russell Coutts (born 1 March 1962) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman. Early and personal life Coutts was educated at Otago Boys' High School (1975–1979) and is a Life Member of ...

World Championships before winning the

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 ...

as the jib trimmer on '' USA 17''. In 2017 he won both th
TP52 Super Series World Championship
onboard Platoon, and th

onboard MOMO. Other World Championship include the 2014 Soto 40 Worlds and the 2022 6 metre Worlds. He is married to American Lindsay Halcrow (born 19 June 1983).

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* 1966 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors 1987 America's Cup sailors 1992 America's Cup sailors 1995 America's Cup sailors 2000 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors 2010 America's Cup sailors Team New Zealand sailors Oracle Racing sailors World champions in sailing for New Zealand 6 Metre class world champions TP52 class world champions Soto 40 class world champions 6 Metre class sailors TP 52 class sailors Soto 40 class sailors {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub