In Marin / conversation
John Kostecki
Kostecki at Oracle Team USA’s headquarters at Pier 80 in San Francisco.
JoHn KostecKi is very happy to be home. Part of the successful team that won the 33rd america’s cup in valencia, spain, in 2010, he was proud to bring the famed trophy
back to the United states after an almost
20-year absence. and that win became even
sweeter once his san Francisco Bay home
waters were selected as the battleground for
the 34th running of the race.
one of the most decorated sailors in his-
tory, the native Marinite is the first person
One of the world’s top sailors
works to keep the America’s
Cup trophy in the Bay Area.
BY STEPHANIE MARTIN
PHOTOS BY TIM PORTER
to have won all the top contests of his chosen sport — namely an america’s cup, the
round-the-world volvo ocean race and an
olympic medal. raised in san rafael and a
graduate of novato High school, the two-time rolex Yachtsman of the Year and recent
national sailing Hall of Fame inductee won
his first world title in the sunfish class in the
shadows of the jets landing at san Francisco
international airport. now a professional
athlete competing around the globe for oracle
team Usa, the american team owned by
