Chris Law (sailor)

Law started sailing, crewed by his younger brother Tim, in the Cadet dinghy on the Thames at Teddington.

He then moved on to the Finn class, where he narrowly missed Olympic qualification in 1972 and 1976.

He won the Finn Gold Cup in 1976 at the age of 23, one of the youngest ever winners, and then became the father of his second daughter – Amy.

Law sailed in the 1983 and 1987 America's Cup campaigns on the British challengers Victory and White Crusader.

[3][4] Law was a popular television commentator for the 2000 America's Cup in Auckland, New Zealand and a successful competitor on the World Match Racing Tour, where he won 12 Category One events.