Peter Gilmour

Peter Gilmour (born 25 January 1960) is an Australian sailing skipper. Gilmour is an America's Cup veteran and was named Western Australian Sportsman of the Year in 1987. He is also a 4 time World Match racing Tour Champion. He currently resides in Perth, Western Australia.

Gilmour started sailing at the age of seven on Perth's Swan River, and he competed in his first world championship at the age of 16, finishing 21st. Gilmour's performance continued to improve as his experience with the different disciplines of sailing increased.

Gilmour has since been through four other America's Cup teams since the Kookaburra days, most recently with Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi Team winners of the 32nd America's Cup.

Peter Gilmour has sailed in everything from dinghies to offshore yachts, having competed in both the Sydney–Hobart and Fastnet races, but has settled on match-racing as his chosen field.

World Match Racing Tour

Peter was the first repeat champion of the World Match Racing Tour. He won the 2003–04 Swedish Match Tour championship with 150 points. He followed that up with a come-from-behind victory in 2004–05. Peter trailed by 23 points beginning the second half of the season, but closed with a string of 2-1-1-1 to complete the comeback. He then went on to be crowned Tour Champion again in 2005–06. Gilmour is one of the most respected, feared, and knowledgeable competitors on World Match Racing Tour, being a three-time World Champion of Match Race Sailing.

That knowledge comes not only from years on the match-race circuit, but also five different syndicates for the America's Cup. Gilmour's Cup career began with the 1987 defense in Perth, Western Australia, when he was the starting helmsman for Kevin Parry's Kookaburra syndicate, which ultimately lost the America's Cup.

During the Australian trials to select the Cup defender, Gilmour used the racing rules to his advantage and drew countless protests on his rivals. The members of the International Jury often found themselves sorting out protests well past when everyone had left the media center. Sometimes their decisions overturned previous day's results, which created chaos with the defense trials.

Gilmour's actions would ultimately lead to the creation of the Match Racing Rules, an appendix to the Racing Rules of Sailing. The goal of the new rules was to decide on-the-water infractions immediately through umpires in chase boats or on the competing boats.

Gilmour was also inducted as the 2009 Chairman of the World Yacht Racing Forum.

Peter Gilmour in match racing

World Match Racing Tour results

2009 – 4th overall 2008 – 8th overall 2006–07 – 5th overall 2005–06 – 1st, Tour Champion 2004–05 – 1st, Tour Champion 2003–04 – 1st, Tour Champion 2000–01 – 6th overall 2000 – 4th overall

2010

10th – Stena Match Cup Sweden '10 Crew: Kazuhiko Sofuku, Cameron Dunn, Yasuhiro Yaji, Thierry Douillard 1st – Portimão Portugal Match Cup '10 Crew: Kazuhiko Sofuku, Cameron Dunn, Yasuhiro Yaji, Thierry Douillard 5th – Korea Match Cup '10 Crew: Martin Berntson, Cameron Dunn, Yasuhiro Yaji, Thierry Douillard 6th – Match Race Germany '10 Crew: Martin Berntson, Nils Bjerkäs, Yasuhiro Yaji, Cristian Pontin 11th – Match Race France '10 Crew: Thierry Douillard, Yashuri Yaji, David Gilmour

2009

3rd – Match Race Germany 6th – Korea Match Cup 6th – Troia Portugal Match Cup 1st – Match Cup Sweden 7th – St. Moritz Match Race 3rd – Danish Open 3rd – Monsoon Cup

2008

1st – Monsoon Cup '08 Crew: Kazuhiko Sofuku, Thierry Douliard, Yasuhiro Yaji, Rod Dawson 5th – Match Cup Sweden '08 Crew: Johnnie Berntson, Thierry Douliard, Yasuhiro Yaji, Nick Blackman 9th – Korea Match Cup '08 Crew: Yasuhiro Yaji, Thierry Douillard, Tim Castles, Mark O'Toole

2006–07

2nd – Monsoon Cup '07 Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Christian Scherrer 9th – Latium Match Cup '07 Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Zach Murst 1st – Troia Portugal Match Cup Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Zach Murst 4th – Monsoon Cup '06 Crew: Rick Brent, Christian Scherrer, Graeme Spence, Yasuhiro Yaji 6th – Allianz Cup '06 Crew: Bill Colombo, Keith Love, Sean Svendsen, Yasuhiro Yaji 9th – St. Moritz Match Race '06 Crew: David Gilmour, Graeme Spence 3rd – Portugal Match Cup '06 Crew: Rod Dawson, Christian Scherrer, Ed Smyth, Yasuhiro Yaji

2005–06

1st – Monsoon Cup '05 Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Tatsuya Wakinaga 1st – Match Race Germany '06 Crew: Rod Dawson, Jan Reblin, Christian Scherrer, Yasuhiro Yaji 3rd – PT Portugal Match Cup '05 Crew: Frederico Cerveira, Thierry Fouchier, Fred Guilmin, Yasuhiro Yaji 3rd – ACI Match Race Cup '06 Crew: Rod Dawson, Thierry Douillard, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji 6th – St. Moritz Match Race '05 Crew: Teague Czislowski, David Gilmour

2004–05

1st – Swedish Match Cup '05 Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji 1st – ACI H1 Match Race Cup '05 Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji 1st – Match Race Germany '05 Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji 2nd – Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman '05 Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji 4th – Nippon Cup '04 Crew: Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji 5th – Portugal Match Cup '04 Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji 5th – Danish Open '04 Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Alan Smith, Yasuhiro Yaji 5th – King Edward VII Gold Cup '04 Crew: Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji

2003–04

1st – Investors Guaranty Presentation of the King Edward VII Gold Cup '03 1st – Nippon Cup '03 1st – Match Race Germany '04 2nd – Swedish Match Cup '04 2nd – Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman '04 2nd – ACI HTmobile Cup '04 3rd – Danish Open '03 4th – Congressional Cup '04

2002–03

4th – UBS Challenge '02 7th – Swedish Match Cup '03

2000–01

1st – Sun Microsystems Australia Cup '01 5th – Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini '00 5th – Colorcraft Gold Cup '00 11th – Swedish Match Cup '01

2000

2nd – ACI Cup/World Championship of Match Racing '00 5th – Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini '00 5th – Colorcraft Gold Cup '00 6th – Swedish Match Cup '00 8th – Sun Microsystems Australia Cup '00 8th – Match Race Germany '00

America's Cup affiliation

Alinghi – coach, America's Cup winner (2007) OneWorld Challenge – skipper, 3rd place in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup Nippon Challenge – skipper, 4th place in the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup Nippon Challenge – coach, 4th place in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup Spirit of Australia – helmsman, 6th place in the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup Kookaburra Syndicate – helmsman, lost the 1987 America's Cup to Stars & Stripes