from the following Sail-World article submitted by Irene Corusu
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Red-Bull-Youth-Americas-Cup---History-in-the-making/106561
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup 2013 gave the
participating youth sailors in the first selection series a chance to meet and
learn from a line-up of multi-awarded sailors, including America’s Cup legend
Russell Coutts, Olympic great Ben Ainslie, and Jimmy Spithill, at a special
media function.
The stars – Russell Coutts, Jimmy Spithill, Ben
Ainslie, Iain Percy and Nathan Outteridge – together have a collected resume
beyond excellence: five America’s Cup victories, 14 Olympic medals and countless
other titles.
Coutts might be the most experienced of the group with
four America’s Cup victories to his credit, but it was Spithill who put the Red
Bull Youth America’s Cup into perspective.
'My pathway to the America’s
Cup was one of good luck,' said Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, who at
age 30 in 2010 became the youngest skipper to ever win the America’s Cup.
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