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Cayard intent on sailing's biggest prize

Associated Press

Wednesday, January 19, 2000

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- There was no silver spoon or super yacht. Paul Cayard's sailing career began humbly on shore. His father, Pierre, a Parisian cabinetmaker, knocked together Cayard's first boat in the family garage. "I went sailing by chance because a schoolmate's family sailed. I liked it a little bit," said Cayard, chief executive and skipper of the AmericaOne syndicate in the challenger finals of the America's Cup. "Some guy who worked with my dad had a little pram, like an Optimi ...

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