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Sanderson Winning the America’s Cup is as much about man-management as it is money in Mike Sanderson’s mind. Kent Gray talks to the decorated Kiwi sailor at the helm of British syndicate TeamOrigin. Mike Sanderson has made a career out of surrounding himself with good people. The 37-year-old won the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race on the strength of it, recruiting a crew for the round the world epic that was as socially compatible as it was talented in a sailing sense. He has a gong to prove it too; ABN Amro One’s dominance – she won six of the nine legs and five of the seven in-port races – which saw Sanderson named ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year in 2006. Fast-forward to last month’s inaugural Louis Vuitton Pacific Series and Sanderson arrived in Auckland quietly confident he had the personnel mix just about right again aboard Britain’s new America’s Cup syndicate. The syndicate’s Kiwi team director left a fortnight later convinced of it, and why not; TeamOrigin might not have been as hot in the second week of the regatta as they were in the first, but a semifinal exit at the hands of fellow America’s Cup newcomers Damiani Italia Challenge showed they have come a long way in a short time............
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