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Who skippered kz 7. The New Zealand yacht KZ7 nicknamed Plastic Fantastic is skippered by one of the best skippers in the 470 class Chris Dickson competes against French Skipper Marc Pajot on French Kiss F7. He raced with New Zealand Challenge on KZ 7 in the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup and sailed in the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. Despite their lack of experience in the competition the crew skippered by Chris Dickson was the top qualifier in the round-robin phase of the regatta after losing just one of 33 races.

The KZ 7 Kiwi Magic boat blitzed the French contingent 4-0 in the semis setting up. Kiwi Magic KZ-7 is currently at the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point NY. Dean Barker Bertrand Pace.

New Zealand Kiwi Magic. In high-tech contrast the three plastic fantastics New Zealand KZ-3 Legacy KZ-5 and Kiwi Magic KZ-7 were together again battling for bragging rights in the Grand Prix division against Kookaburra II KA-12. Skippered by the Americas Cup veteran Dennis Conner and.

That closed the scoring gap to one point with Danish leader Legacy KZ-5 which finished 3-3 today and was skippered by Thomas Andersen with Jesper Bank calling tactics. Famous for being one of just two 12 Metres to have won the Americas Cup twice 1974 and 1977 Courageous is owned by a Newport syndicate comprised of Ralph Isham Steve Glascock Alexander Auersperg and Ward Marsh and skippered by Arthur Santry. 402m Draft 274m.

Kiwi Magic KZ7 has since won the World Championship for 12 Metres in. Brad Butterworth Ed Danby Simon Daubney Brian Phillimore Mike Quilter Tony Rae Jeremy Scantlebury Kevin Shoebridge Andrew Taylor and Erle Williams. KZ 7 was surprisingly successful through the rounds robin.

KZ7 reached the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup. She went through the first round suffering but one loss to Stars and Stripes 87. Last night the team was disqualified after a protest hearing with Courageous.