ex Elly 197 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Sir Russell Coutts has gone from running the America's Cup to running a small yacht club on Auckland's North Shore. https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/201707/coutts-takes-charge-at-manly-sailing-club Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 That's awesome, bloody good on him for getting stuck in! The guy turning up from Parnell I find a little odd but hey, I guess he's in there as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 512 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Awesome Hopefully some of his detractors will shut up but I doubt it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philstar 61 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I was at the agm a couple of weeks ago. He's keen as mustard and doing it for the right reasons. Hopefully the club will go off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,246 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Great News. Russell is (used to be 30 years ago) a good guy. Anyone who puts effort into promoting sailing in NZ gets the benefit of the doubt in my book. I certainly don't begrudge him his decision to leave Team Nz years ago - he is/was a professional sportsman, and you go where the best career move is for you. I look forward to what he might do for Manly Sailing club, and sailing in NZ in the future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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