Nationality American
Residence St. Petersburg, Florida
Date of Birth May 17, 1958

Ed is one of the most accomplished match racers in the world having won the ISAF Match Racing World Championship three times and the America's Cup. 

WMRT.com Coverage
Catching Up with Ed Baird (May 2, 2005)
Baird Joins Team Alinghi (Nov. 30, 2004)
Baird Regains Tour Lead in Japan (Nov. 21, 2004)
Double No. 1 (Aug. 5, 2004)
Team Musto Wins Second Tour Event (July 31, 2004)
An Interview with Ed Baird (Tour Newsletter No. 7, April/May 2004)
Baird’s Resiliency and Luck Lead to Victory (April 25, 2004)

World Match Racing Tour Results
2006 - '07 — 8th Overall (limited participation)
2005 - '06 — 6th Overall (limited participation)
2004 -’05 — 2nd Overall
2003 -’04 — 7th Overall (limited participation)
2002 -’03 — 6th Overall (limited participation)
2001 -’02 — 5th Overall (limited participation)
2000 -’01 — 8th Overall (limited participation)
2000 — 8th Overall (limited participation)

2009
5th — Marseille International Match Race
(Crew:Warwick Fleury, Lorenzo Mazza, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen)

2006-’07
3rd — Bermuda Gold Cup '07
(Crew:Rodney Ardern, Lorenzo Mazza, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen)
2nd — Allianz Cup '06
(Crew:Mike Drummond, Nils Frei, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Craig Satterthwaite)
2nd — St Moritz '06
(Crew: Mike Drummond, Nils Frei)

2005-’06
1st — St. Moritz Match Race ’05
(Crew: Mike Drummond, Nils Frei)
2^nd---World Championship ‘05
(Crew: Warwick Fleury, Dean Phipps, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen)
4^th—Bermuda Gold Cup ‘05
6th — Brazil Sailing Cup ’06
(Crew: Rodney Ardern, Nils Frei, Murray Jones, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen)

2004-’05
1st — World Championship ‘04
1^st-----Nippon Cup ’04
(Crew: Andy Horton, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Jon Ziskind)
1st — Portugal Match Cup ’04
(Crew: Andy Horton, Dean Phipps, Guy Salter, Jon Ziskind)
1^st—Marseille International Match Race ‘05
3rd — King Edward VII Gold Cup ’04
(Crew: Andy Horton, Piet van Nieuwenhuyzen, Jon Ziskind)
3rd — Match Race Germany ’05
(Crew: Nils Frei, Yann Gouinot, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Dean Phipps)
4th — ACI H1 Match Race Cup ’05
(Crew: Jordi Calafat, Lorenzo Mazza, Dean Phipps, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen)
5th — Swedish Match Cup ’05
(Crew: Nils Frei, Yann Gouinot, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Dean Phipps)
5th — Toscana Elba Cup ’05
(Crew: Nils Frei, Yann Gouinot, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Dean Phipps)

2003-’04
1st — World Championship ‘04
1^st----Congressional Cup ’04
2^nd—Match Race Garda Trentino
5th — Swedish Match Cup ’04
7th — Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman ’04

2002-’03
2nd — UBS Challenge ’02
2^nd—Cento Cup ‘03
3rd — Match Race Germany ’03
4th — Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman ’03
5th — Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini ’02

2001-’02
1^st—Elba Cup ‘02
2nd — Match Race Germany ’02
3rd — Bermuda Gold Cup ’01
3rd — Swedish Match Cup ’02


2000-’01
2^nd—Knickerbocker Cup ‘01
3rd — Danish Open ’00
3rd — King Edward VII Gold Cup ’00


2000
3rd — Danish Open ’00
3rd — King Edward VII Gold Cup ’00

America’s Cup Affiliation
2007:  Alinghi – Helmsman, America's Cup Winner
2003:  Commentary Team, Television New Zealand (Host Broadcaster)
2000:  Young America –  Louis Vuitton Cup 2000
1995:  Team New Zealand – Sparring Helmsman/Coach for America’s Cup and Louis Vuitton  Cup Winner

Accomplishments
3-time Match Racing World Champion (1995, ’03, ’04)
4-time Match Racing World Champion Runner Up (1992, ‘96, ‘97, 2005)
2009: Louis Vuitton Pacific Cup Runner-Up
2009: Louis Vuitton Pacific Cup Challenger Champion
2008 1st iShares Cup Catamaran Series
2007 Rolex ISAF World Sailor Award
2004-05 ISAF Match Racing World Ranking #1
2004   ISAF Offshore Team Race, World Champion
2001  Whitbread Round the World Race, D Juice Dragons
2000 1st – Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race
1999 2nd – Cowes Week, Maxi Class
1998  4^th --Whitbread Round the World Race, Innovation Kvaerner
1997 1st – New York Yacht Club Maxi Boat Championship
1995 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year
1995-96   ISAF Match Racing World Ranking #1
1992  International 50'Class, World Champion
1983  J24 World Champion
1980 Laser World Champion
U.S. and North American Soling Champion


Additional Information
When it comes to match-racing in the U.S., Ed Baird is the undisputed king of the hill. Along with several long runs at the ISAF world ranking of #1, Baird is the only American winner of the World Championship of Match Race Sailing, winning his first title at the 1995 Steinlager Line-7 Cup in New Zealand. Baird later also won in Lake Garda, Italy, in 2003 and in Ekaterinburg, Russia in 2004.

On the World Match Racing Circuit, Baird has won 19 major international events, was runner up in another 22 events and is the only American ever ranked no.1 on the ISAF World Match Race Rankings list.

Along with receiving the Rolex ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award in 2007, Baird is a also a past recipient of the Rolex US Yachtsman of the Year award.  He won in ’95 after his first Match Racing Worlds triumph and also for being part of the America’s Cup winning Team New Zealand.  Baird was the sparring helmsman and coach on the team that took the Cup to New Zealand.

Baird’s run for America’s Cup 2000 was less auspicious than his debut with Team New Zealand five years earlier. Baird skippered the New York Yacht Club’s Young America syndicate, but the team’s legacy on the event was its near sinking during a Louis Vuitton Cup second round race.

Sailing in strong winds and a nasty chop near the northeast corner of New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, Baird’s Young America, USA-53, reared up in a set of waves during a tack. The side decks near the jib tracks cracked, and the hull folded in half. The crew abandoned ship when they thought it was about to sink. Only slick seamanship and quick action saved the sloop from the depths of the gulf.

Baird tried his hand at distance sailing in 1998, joining the Norwegian Whitbread Round the World Race entry Innovation Kvaerner, providing strategic and tactical support for the final four legs of the grueling race. Three years later he rejoined skipper Knut Frostad with the Djuice Dragons to help them prepare for  the 2001-’02 Volvo Ocean Race.

Baird has been lauded for his expert analysis of America’s Cup and Louis Vuitton Cup racing on Television New Zealand’s One Sport program. Baird is also a successful instructional author, coach and speaker.