Terry Hutchinson
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
BornMay 20, 1968 (1968-05-20) (age 55)
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSailing
College team Old Dominion University
Club West River Sailing Club

Terry Hutchinson (born May 20, 1968) is an American sailor eleven-time world champion in the Corel 45, J/24, TP 52, Farr 40 and IMS classes, and a winning tactician of the Louis Vuitton Cup. In 2008 and 2014, he was named Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. He has also been part of five America's Cup campaigns.[1][2][3]

Background

He grew up in Annapolis, Maryland and went to St. Mary's High School.[4]

Sailing career

Early

Hutchinson earned first team All-American honors in each of his four years at Old Dominion University, and helped lead the Monarchs to four national championships: Sloop Championship in 1989 and 1990, Coed Dinghy Championship in 1989, and Team Racing Championship in 1990. He received the ICSA College Sailor of the Year award In 1989 and 1990 and was named Old Dominion's alumni Association's Male Athlete of the Year in 1990.[5]

Right afterwards, he won the Key West Race Week in 1990 and 1991 (Class 1 with "Collaboration"); 1992 (Class 2 with "Sensation"); 1994, 1995 and 1996 (Class 2 with "Flash Gordon"); and 1998 (Class 1 with "Bright Star").[6]

In between, he also won the Congressional Cup in 1992, his first World Championship, at the 1995 Corel 45 Worlds with "Titan", and the National Championship in Mumm 36 with "Sandman" in 1997. In 1998, he took his second Worlds in Corel 45 with "Heatwave".

In the J/24 class, he became North American Champion in 1997 and repeated in 1998,[7] when he also won the World Championship, with "Evita".[8]

In 2000, Terry Hutchinson, as helmsman of "Vim", a Nelson/Marek 43 boat owned by Craig Speck, won the Racing Division title in the IMS Offshore World Championship.[9]

Hutchinson went on to win the Farr 40 World Championship in 2014, 2016 and 2017 as tactician on Alex Roeper’s "Plenty", and the Farr 40 North American Championship and the California Cup.[10]

He also won the TP 52 World Championship title in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2022 as both helmsman and tactician of Quantum Racing.

He sailed in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race as tactician on Djuice Dragons.[11][12]

Terry is also famously known for yelling "priority staysail" at top marks prior to kite up and jib down.

World Championship Titles

Pos. Role Boat Boat Name Title Location Ref
1st Corel 45 "Titan" 1995 Corel 45 World Championship
1st Corel 45 "Heatwave" 1998 Corel 45 World Championship
1st J/24 "Evita" 1998 J/24 World Championship
1st Helm Nelson/Marek 43 "Vim" 2000 IMS Offshore World Championship [9]
1st Farr 40 OD "Barking Mad" 2004 Farr 40 World Championship
1st Helm TP 52 Quantum Racing 2008 TP52 World Championship
1st Farr 40 OD "Barking Mad" 2009 Farr 40 World Championship
1st Helm TP 52 Quantum Racing 2010 TP52 World Championship
1st Tactician TP 52 Quantum Racing 2011 TP52 World Championship
1st Tactician TP 52 Quantum Racing 2014 TP52 World Championship
1st Tactician Farr 40 OD "Plenty" 2014 Farr 40 World Championship [13]
1st Tactician Farr 40 OD "Plenty" 2016 Farr 40 World Championship [13]
1st Tactician Farr 40 OD "Plenty" 2017 Farr 40 World Championship Porto Cervo (ITA) [13]
1st Tactician RC44 OD "Team Nika" 2017 RC 44 World Championship Marstrand (SWE) <[14]
1st TP 52 Quantum Racing 2018 TP52 World Championship
1st Tactician TP 52 Quantum Racing 2022 TP52 World Championship

America Cup

Hutchinson has been a key part of five America’s Cup campaigns (all unsuccessful):

References

  1. ^ "Quantum Racing Team". Quantum Sails. Archived from the original on January 7, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "American Magic, led by Anne Arundel County native Terry Hutchinson, eliminated from America's Cup". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "American Magic skipper Terry Hutchinson discusses what went wrong at America's Cup". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Local America's Cup helmsman Terry Hutchinson savors rare break with family". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Terry Hutchinson profile". Old Dominion University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  6. ^ "Terry Hutchinson". AmericaOne. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "North American Champions". International J/24 Class Association. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "World Champions". International J/24 Class Association. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Vim cleans up at the IMS world championship". Yachting World. July 19, 2000. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Hutchinson, Roble Named Top U.S. Sailors in 2014". US Sailing. Archived from the original on January 7, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "SEB Flies Without Navigator". November 29, 2001. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "Crew Changes All Around". November 8, 2001. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c Administrator. "Rolex Farr 40 Worlds". Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  14. ^ "Team Nika wins RC44 World Championship". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. August 13, 2017. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

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