Tony Rae (sailor)
Anthony Rae, also known as Trae, (born 26 June 1961) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in the Volvo Ocean Race six times and the America's Cup seven times. Early years. Rae attended Mount Roskill Grammar School. Sailing career. After sailing on "Lion New Zealand" during the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race, Rae joined the New Zealand Challenge that competed on "KZ 7" at the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup. He was then part of the crew on "Steinlager 2" that won every leg in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race before racing  on another winner, "NZ Endeavour", in the 1993–94 event. He also competed with New Zealand Challenge in the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. He was then onboard Team New Zealand when they won the 1995 America's Cup with "Black Magic". He then returned to ocean sailing, being on board "Innovation Kvaerner" during the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race, before rejoining Team New Zealand for the 2000 and 2003 America's Cups. He was part of Team New Zealand as a mainsail trimmer when they won the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, before losing the 2007 America's Cup to Alinghi  2–5. He then was part of the team's entry into the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race, "Camper Lifelovers", before the AC72 crew for the 2013 America's Cup, which Team New Zealand lost 8–9 to Oracle Racing. He joined Team Vestas Wind for the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, where he broke a rib before the start of leg 2. He competed in the 2017 World Masters Games with his father, Murray, before joining the New Zealand Sailing team in the Extreme Sailing Series.