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It’s already January 1, 2023 in New Zealand, so Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to the one and only Peter (Pete) Burling!

Pete, you’ve had a terrifically busy year and I hope you’re celebrating today!

Let’s do a quick recap of your 2022 highs (and a few lows imho).

January

Negotiating personally and professionally (you know the ones) during your summer vacation

February

Re-signing with Team NZ (ETNZ) for the AC37 Cup cycle, with you as Skipper

March

Improving results to a respectable 5th place finish to the second season of Sail GP in San Francisco

Co-led the team to the inaugural win in the Sail GP Impact League

April

Launched Live Ocean Racing with the Women’s Race team to compete in the Open ETF26 Grand Prix series with Liv Mackey as inaugural Skipper

Partnering with Zhik in supporting Live Ocean Racing

Waka Hourua Voyage with Live Ocean Foundation up the Northland coast

May

Team NZ Live Ocean Racing lines up in Bermuda for the start of Sail GP Season 3

June

Frustrating Sail GP Chicago event, nearly reaching the podium race

Supposedly privately proposing to “your girlfriend” in New York City afterwards 🤢

Voices for a Healthy Ocean - a Declaration by sporting and ocean communities - presented by you and Blair at the United Nations World Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

July

Partnering with Omega to support Live Ocean Foundation and Live Ocean Racing

Making your first final at the Sail GP Plymouth event and winning the event

Topping the Sail GP Impact League and sailing podium at the same event - first time ever for a Sail GP team (thumbs nose at the Aussies)

August

Being featured, along with the Team, in Sail GP Episode 3, “Cracking the F50 Code”

Dominating all three qualifying races, as well as winning the podium race in the Sail GP Copenhagen event

NZ team moves to second in the overall Sail GP standings

September

Co-Helming the new AC40 for ETNZ

Part of the Judging Panel for the 2022 World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award

October

Winning the friendly waka race on the Avon river over Blair’s team to promote the upcoming March 2023 Sail GP event in Otautahi-Christchurch

Testing and a gentle capsize of the ETNZ AC40 (boat and crew unharmed)

November

NZ Team awarded penalty points in scorching hot, light wind Sail GP Dubai event, but team remains in second place

Celebrating Jesse Tuke’s (finally public) win in Celebrity Treasure Island with the $110K NZ charitable donation to Live Ocean Foundation

Discovered the structural weakness in the bow of the AC40 (crew unharmed), making it safer for the entire one-design fleet to be used in the AC37 Womens and Youth Cups

December

Helming the second LEQ12 boat for ETNZ out on the Waitemata habour

Approving your engagement to be finally reported/leaked publicly 😝 lol

Being hailed as the ‘Biggest Sailing Geek’ by your fellow Sail GP sailors in their 2022 Yearbook posting