Ed Baird
Baird with the America's Cup in Geneva, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Phillip Edward Baird | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 17, 1958 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College team | University of South Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phillip Edward "Ed" Baird (born May 17, 1958) is an American sailor. He was a coach of the 1995 America's Cup-winning Team New Zealand and a helmsman for the 2007 America's Cup-winning Alinghi syndicate.
Growing up in Florida, Baird raced in the Optimist class at junior level, before moving onto other dinghies. He won the World Laser Championships in 1980 and the World J/24 Championships in 1983.