Little America's Cup gallery - 2

Christian Fevrier's amazing images from the final battle between the US and Australia

Lindsay Cunningham, born in 1934, son of Charlie. From 1961, the Cunninghams designed and built six Cup Challengers, two of them winners (1970,1985) and winning defenders in 1972, 1987, 1989 and 1991.

Bruce Stannard, the Australian historian described Cunningham as "a quiet, dry, laconic style of a bushman, known throughout the world as the 'eminence grise' of catamaran design.

"Since the late 1950s this Australian inventor has experimented, designed, built, tested and then redesigned, rebuilt and retested the world fastest sailing machines - the C-Class catamarans.

"With no challenge this year for the Little America's Cup, Lindsay and a handful of faithful friends, have created an incredible beamy yellow spider, which was seen to fly above the 50-knots barrier. He hates commercial pressure and appears like a strange dinosaur in a world of million dollar investments. I consider him as one of the last pure amateur designers."

Simon McKeon (left), here in 1991 after his victory with David Churcher against the Gino Morelli designed Freedom's Wing.

Simon, with Tim Daddo is still the fastest man in the world under sail when on 25 October 1993 they sailed Yellow Pages Endeavour over a 500m course at an average of 46.52 knots