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Taylor Canfield

Taylor Canfield, 30, is a U.S. Virgin Islands native and Boston College All-American, a five-time winner of the Congressional Cup, and the 2013 World Match Racing Tour champion. He is the fight controller and tactician for the SailGP Team USA, and a member of Long Beach Yacht Club’s Stars & Stripes team that’s challenging for the 2021 America’s Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. Laurie Fullerton caught up with Can-field between events in the new SailGP series.

Now that Stars & Stripes USA has reaffirmed its commitment to the Cup, what are the next

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