The crew of Australia II for the America's Cup races was John Bertrand (Skipper), Colin Beashel, Will Baillieu, Peter Costello, Damian Fewster, Ken Judge, Skip Lissiman, John Longley, Brian Richardson, Phil Smidmore, Grant Simmer, Hugh Treharne.
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The achievement was underscored when Australia II was awarded the ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year for 1983.
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The win was received with much enthusiasm in Australia, with the Men at Work song Down Under becoming the official anthem for the crew.
The initial Louis Vuitton Cup was contested off Newport, United States, with Australia II prevailing, thereby earning the right to meet the NYYC’s defending yacht Liberty in that year’s America’s Cup.
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