The New Zealand sailor Dean Barker will challenge for another America's Cup.
Soft Bank Team Japan CEO and Helmsman Dean Barker at the press conference after losing their final race against Artemis Racing Photo: PHOTOSPORT
The 45-year-old has been confirmed as the helmsman of American Magic, the New York Yacht Club's team for the 36th America's Cup in Auckland in 2021.
American Magic executive director and skipper Terry Hutchinson announced the appointment on sailing website Scuttlebutt.
Barker moved to the United States after last year's event in Bermuda and will stay there to fulfil the residency criteria for the next Cup.
The American outfit has also signed fellow New Zealanders Joe Spooner, Jim Turner and Sean Clarkson.
Barker recently sailed on the team's Congressional Cup boat and Hutchinson said " he's someone I have a heap of respect for".
Barker was first involved in the America's Cup in 1995 as a training member of Team New Zealand and last year skippered Team Japan in Bermuda.
