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Helmsman Dean Barker, Skipper Terry Hutchinson and sailors Sean Clarkson, James Baxter, James Dagg and Greg Gendell competed at the Ficker and Congressional Cups in Long Beach, California
© Sharon Green / Ultimate Sailing / Congressional Cup
America's Cup: Barker looking forward to his return home
Once hailed as New Zealand's America's Cup hero, Dean Barker is finally coming home - but this time flying the Stars & Stripes. Barker will be proudly racing for the club who were caretakers of the Auld Mug for 132 years. Suzanne McFadden reports