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About Paul Cayard

Paul Cayard is one of America’s most recognized and accomplished sailors.

Cayard, an eight time world champion, seven time America’s Cup competitor, has twice circumnavigated the world, becoming the first American to win the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1998, and placing second with the Disney syndicate Pirates of the Caribbean in the 2005-2006 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. He is a two time Olympian (1984 and 2004) and one of the very few who have competed at the top level in these three diverse disciplines within the sport of sailing.

With hundreds of thousands of miles at sea over the past 40 years, Cayard’s sailing exploits from the America’s Cup to the Roaring 40’s and the icebergs of the Southern Ocean have given him a wealth of experience, proving his leadership skills sometimes in harrowing moments in the Southern ocean where lives were on the line.

Beyond his skill at the helm, Cayard is one of the sport’s pioneers in marketing and the management of sailing teams which includes working with Fortune 500 companies such as Disney, Ford, and United Technologies. Cayard is also a sought after public speaker, his ability to recount fascinating and life changing moments at sea has captivated audiences all over the world. Fluent in English, French and Italian, Cayard frequently speaks at conferences around the globe and commentates on sailing including during the 32nd America’s Cup in 2007 for RAI.

A Rolex Ambassador since 1999 Cayard also has endorsed various brands including Oakley and Zegna.

Cayard’s accolades include induction to the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2011, Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 2020 and the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2025.

Cayard was born in San Francisco and currently resides in La Jolla.

Entries by Paul Cayard

RC44

RC 44 Austria

A good day today for Katusha and not quite as good for Artemis. Three fleet races were held today on Lake Traunsee in light and very shifty conditions. Oracle Racing had the best day followed by Katusha and then the new Russian team of Nika. It is a place where you are never out of […]

May 12, 2011/by Paul Cayard
RC44

RC44-Austria

Today was match racing on Lake Traunsee. Five flights were held in 7-10 knots of wind. We had an ok day on Katusha with a score of two wins, two losses that felt very frustrating as we were winning the two we lost. Our first race against Puerto Callero we led the entire way. In […]

May 11, 2011/by Paul Cayard
D35

D-35 Lake Geneva

First, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s from Artemis Racing! Light air today on Lake Geneva and only one race was held. Onboard Artemis Racing we had our worst race finishing 6th. Alinghi was 5th and C.E.R. was 4th. Velti Group won the race in the 7 knots of wind which dropped to 3 […]

May 8, 2011/by Paul Cayard
D35

D-35 Lake Geneva

Another good day for Artemis today. Four races were held for the fleet of 10 identical catamarans and our scores were 4, 1, 3, 5 and were are now 2nd overall on 9 points, equal with Alinghi. The young team on C.E.R. is leading with 7 points after performing very consistently at the top in […]

May 7, 2011/by Paul Cayard
D35

D-35 Grand Prix Beau Rivage Palace

Geneva, Today was the first race in the D-35 fleet for Artemis Racing and we won it. The wind did not arrive until 1400 so there was just one 20 mile “long distance race” finishing at Societe Nautique de Genève. The wind was 8-10 knots from the east and we were doing 18 knots downwind […]

May 6, 2011/by Paul Cayard
Media Report

AC-45 Auckland

A great day for Artemis Racing on the water here in New Zealand. Match racing in 15 knots from the East was on the menu and the team won three out of the four races to ‘win’ the day. The racing a very demanding physically for the five crew onboard. The average heart rate for […]

April 29, 2011/by Paul Cayard
Media Report

Pierre Cayard-Boat builder

-San Bruno, CA My dad has recently retrieved my first boat, an El Toro that he built for me in our garage in San Francisco, when I was 8 years old. The link takes you to an article written by Eric Simonsen and some great shots. The plan is for my dad to restore the […]

April 14, 2011/by Paul Cayard
Media Report

Update from Valencia

Valencia, I am in the middle of a two week stint in Valencia, Spain working mostly with the Artemis Racing technical team which is based here. Juan Kouyoumdjian (Juan K) has his office here with about 20 engineers and since Juan is our lead designer, we built a lot of our structure around Valencia. We […]

March 27, 2011/by Paul Cayard
Media Report

Paul Cayard – a candid portrait

Paul gives us a candid look at how he got here and where he wants to go. Whether its his early experiences with America’s Cup sailing with Tom Blackaller on Defender and then USA or looking into the future with his new team Artemis Racing, Paul let’s us in on some good stories about what […]

March 18, 2011/by Paul Cayard
RC44

RC44 Cup – San Diego

Katusha wins the Oracle RC44 Cup – San Diego, while Oracle Racing finishes second, TeamAqua third and Artemis 4th. Three races were held today in light winds from the Southwest under overcast skies. That didn’t deter several thousand spectators from lining the end of the Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego. With a 2, 2 […]

March 6, 2011/by Paul Cayard
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