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Jim Young is a renowned boat builder and designer from New Zealand. He is best known for his work on the America's Cup, having designed and built boats for the New Zealand team in the 1987 and 1992 America's Cup races. He has also designed and built boats for the Whitbread Round the World Race, the Sydney-Hobart Race, and the Fastnet Race. Jim Young was born on 7 July 1925 in Wellington, New Zealand. He began his career as a boat builder in the 1950s, and has since become one of the most respected boat builders in the world. He has designed and built boats for some of the world's most prestigious sailing events, including the America's Cup, the Whitbread Round the World Race, the Sydney-Hobart Race, and the Fastnet Race. Jim Young is 95 years old and has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He has earned his wealth through his successful career as a boat builder and designer. He is currently retired, but still enjoys sailing and designing boats in his spare time.

Popular As James Harold Young
Occupation Boat designer and builder
Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 7 July, 1925
Birthday 7 July
Birthplace Wellington, New Zealand
Date of death June 18, 2020
Died Place Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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2020

Young died on 18 June 2020. A memorial service was held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland.

2012

In the 2012 New Year Honours, Young was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to boat building.

1949

After returning from Japan, Young began designing and building yachts, first at a shed in Little Shoal Bay, Birkenhead, and then in Takapuna. In 1949, he won the Sanders Cup in a 14-foot X class yacht that he designed, built and skippered himself. Over the next seven decades, he designed and built numerous innovative boats, including keelboats and catamarans that were successful in racing both in New Zealand and internationally. He is best known for designing the Young88 and Rocket31 (both keelboats), and the Vindex range of wooden cruising boats.

1925

James Harold Young ONZM (7 July 1925 – 18 June 2020) was a New Zealand sailor, boat designer and builder.

Born in Wellington on 7 July 1925, Young was the son of Cyril Ernest Young and Daisy Winifred Young (née Babington) of Lower Hutt. He moved to Auckland when he was 10 years old, and began a boatbuilding apprenticeship in 1940, working on general boat maintenance and the construction of wooden naval vessels until 1945. He served in Japan as part of J-Force in 1946.