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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

2010 RC 44 World Championship-Lanzarote

A good day for Katusha. We won three and lost two. We were just 6 seconds away from being 5-0. We beat BMW Oracle, Ceeref and Mascalzone Latino and lost to No Way Back and Team Austria both by three seconds. The wind was blowing off the land today and this made things very tricky […]

October 11, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

TP52 World Championship

Quantum Racing with Terry Hutchinson on the helm won the TP52 World Championship and Artemis finishes fourth losing the tie breaker with Synergy for 3rd. One race was held today in 8-10 knots from the East Northeast. Artemis had a decent start and played the shifts well to round the first mark 3rd. ALL4ONE, Synergy […]

October 9, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

TP52 World Championship

Another tough day for Artemis with an 8, 6. We are still in 4th place overall, but we are closer to 5th than third. The wind came up late today and we got racing at 1500 in 8 knots and fairly smooth seas. We just didn’t have a stellar day in any area, starts, tactics […]

October 8, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

TP52 World Championship

Not a good day for Artemis today. In moderate winds but very choppy seas, we finished 6th while Matador won easily. We had a good battle with Quantum all the way around the track, they were always just in front of us, tacking on us as much as they could but we held close and […]

October 7, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

TP52 World Championship

A great day for Artemis today with a 4, 1 which moved us into second place in the regatta. The start of racing was delayed again today while the Easterly seabreeze established itself. The Easterly wind was very spotty and shifty which made for extremely tricky racing. Onboard Artemis, we had two excellent starts again. […]

October 6, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

TP52 World Championship

A good start to the Championship for Artemis today with a 3, 5, 2. We had to wait for a while this morning for the Southeasterly seabreeze to fill in but when it came in, it built nicely up to 17 knots in the second and third races. The race course just North of the […]

October 5, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

TP52 World Championship

The TP52 World Championship starts here in Valencia, Spain tomorrow (October 5). Artemis is here and ready to race in what will surely be a very competitive regatta. Nine boats are competing in the five day event which includes windward leewards and one coastal race on Thursday. Today we had a breezy westerly out on […]

October 4, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

Audi MedCup – Cagliari

One race was held today in Cagliari for the TP 52 fleet. The Mistral was in at 25-28 knots and there was plenty of action. On Artemis we had another good race finishing 4th, overlapped with Emirates Team New Zealand who just beat us. Matador had been leading the race at the second windward mark […]

September 25, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

Audi MedCup – Cagliari

No racing today. The little bit of wind there was went around in circles all day. Strong winds from the Northwest are forecast for tomorrow…Mistral. The race committee moved the start time up one hour to give us a chance for three races. To watch the racing live go to www.artemisracing.com. For complete results go […]

September 24, 2010/by Paul Cayard
TP52

Audi MedCup – Cagliari

A good day for Artemis today. Once again the coastal race proved to be to our liking as we finished a very credible 3rd. The course zigzagged us across Cagliari Bay in 11-13 knots of wind from the South. Matador got off to a good start just to windward of us and we were 1, […]

September 23, 2010/by Paul Cayard
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