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Stephen John Barclay is a New Zealander who has worked in the real estate business as well as the government sector, and who was the CEO of the America's Cup Event Authority for the
34th 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 re ...
in 2013 during the inauguration of the AC72 wing-sail catamarans. Barclay was a member of 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 ...
winners, BMW Oracle Racing. Barclay is a former
Oracle Team USA 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 Club ...
chief operating officer and was also a director of Core Builders Composites a 100 per cent-owned subsidiary of Oracle in Warkworth, New Zealand. Core Builders produced the 40m-high wingsails for the AC72 and AC45 boats. Barclay stressed in an
op-ed An op-ed, short for "opposite the editorial page", is a written prose piece, typically published by a North-American newspaper or magazine, which expresses the opinion of an author usually not affiliated with the publication's editorial board. O ...
the nature of the event: Barclay's event was marred by the death of Andrew (Bart) Simpson in a capsize. Subsequent investigations prompted the US Coast Guard to permit the event only if the competitors were bound by the 37 recommendations of the investigations committee, because they would be part of the permit.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barclay, Stephen John World champions in sailing for New Zealand 2007 America's Cup sailors 2010 America's Cup sailors Maritime incidents in the United States Maritime incidents in 2013 2013 in sailing