The America's Cup Hall of Fame, located in Bristol, Rhode Island, has selected New Zealanders Simon Daubney, Warwick Fleury, Murray Jones, Dean Phipps and Mike Drummond, and American Halsey Herreshoff for induction on September 18.

The 17th Induction Ceremony, presented by Rolex Watch USA and hosted at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court station in Newport, Rhode Island, will be held in conjunction with the America’s Cup 12 Meter Era Reunion weekend.

Simon Daubney has three decades of racing experience, beginning in dinghies on his home waters of Auckland before moving into the match-racing scene. He is an eight-time world champion, has competed in three Olympic Games in the Soling and has taken part in seven America's Cup campaigns.

Warwick Fleury has participated in eight America’s Cup campaigns, three with Alinghi and five with New Zealand teams. Primarily a mainsail trimmer, Warwick Fleury is also an experienced match racer. He was a three-time world champion with Team Magic, a Bermuda Gold Cup winner six times, and has also won world championships in Farr 40s and the Mumm 36.

Murray Jones is one of the most respected keelboat sailors in the world. Although best known for his five America’s Cup campaigns, Jones also represented New Zealand at three world youth sailing Championships in the mid-1970s, before getting into Olympic campaigning in the 1980s.

Dean Phipps has participated in eight Cup campaigns, beginning with the Victory ’83 challenge. He is also a veteran offshore racer, with two Whitbreads, four Rolex Sydney-Hobart Yacht Races, four Rolex Fastnet Races, and two Newport-Bermuda Race under his belt.

Mike Drummond has over 20 years America’s Cup experience as a design engineer, principal designer and navigator. He has been a part of four America’s Cup winning teams and continues to serve as BMW ORACLE Racing’s design director following the team’s victory in the recent 33rd America’s Cup.

Halsey Herreshoff distinguished himself as one of the most active America’s Cup sailors during the 12 Meter era, as a bowman, crew boss and navigator in six campaigns. A naval architect and marine engineer, Herreshoff has also contributed to the support of technology and management of many campaigns. He was a founder of the America’s Cup Hall of Fame with the late Edward du Moulin.

The America's Cup Hall of Fame was established in 1993 to honor the challengers, defenders and legendary personages of the world's most distinguished sporting competition. The present prototype Hall of Fame is located in an historic building on the grounds of the former Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island, where yachts were constructed for eight consecutive America's Cup defenses between 1893 and 1934. The Herreshoff Marine Museum, situated on this historic site, operates the America's Cup Hall of Fame. For more on the organization, visit here.

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