Sir James Hardy OBE won the Australian FD Championships in 1964, 505 worlds in 1966, represented Australia in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics (5.5 metre Class) and was on four Australian American Cup teams as Skipper in 1970, 1974, 1980 and 1983 as advisor to John Bertrand, he was also on four Admiral’s Cup teams.
Sir James is pictured below training in Sydney in 1970 for the Americas Cup, Sir James on the helm and Carl Ryves in middle of photo.