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Peter Montgomery recounts New Zealand's America's Cup highlights

by Radio NZ 19 Mar 20:16 PDT 20 March 2022
Peter Montgomery interviews Peter Blake with Russell Coutts after the 1995 America's Cup win in San Diego © Montgomery archives

On the day of the first anniversary of Emirates Team New Zealand's fourth America's Cup win, and second successful defence, Radio New Zealand interviewed America's Cup Hall of Famer, Peter Montgomery, who recounted his memories of the four wins and particularly the first in 1995.

Over the course of almost 30 minutes he talks with host Jesse Mulligan on the first win 1995 in San Diego, which came after three unsuccessful Challenges.

Jesse talks to him about the significance of that year and the impact it had on the campaigns to follow.

Click here to hear the 28 minute interview

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