America's Cup: Leslie Egnot on that historic 1995 campaign
Leslie Egnot at the 1995 America's Cup. Photo: Supplied But in 1995, against all odds Egnot led an-all women's team which came excruciatingly close to beating Conner's Stars and Stripes for the right to defend the America's Cup against Team New Zealand. When the America's Cup cycle rolls around memories of that campaign start flooding back to Egnot. Team New Zealand of course made history in 95' when they won the America's Cup for the first time but there was another major story line in San Diego, and Egnot was smack bang in the middle of it. From the controversy of a man being substituted o...
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