| Edwards skippered yacht Maiden in the 1990 round the world yachting race with an all woman crew, the first time it had been done. |
| Coutts was a wonderful sailor who had skippered Alinghi to victory in the America's Cup, and deserved to be recognised for that feat. |
| She was launched in 1992 and skippered by Lawrie Smith in the following year's Round the World race. |
| After the Gulf, Donald served in the Indian Ocean, where he skippered a mine-sweeper dealing with Japanese mines. |
| His crew that went to Auckland for the 2002-03 Cup skippered by Ian Walker finished seventh out of nine challengers. |
| Back at the harbour side I spied the Braveheart, our charter boat for the day, skippered by Dougie Ferguson. |
