Sam Goodchild

Sam Goodchild
Sam Goodchild
	Start of 2024 Vendee
Born	19 November 1989 (age 35); Bristol
Nationality	British
Occupation	Offshore Sailor

Sam Goodchild, is a professional British offshore sailor born in Bristol, England on the 19th November 1989. He has competed in Vendee Globe, The Ocean Race and also been involvement with high-profile Multi 50 and Class 40 campaignes.

Early life

He lived on a sailing boat for the first 11 years of his life so a life ocean racing wasn't a surprise.^[1] He was a member of the Artemist Offshore Academy an initiative to get young sailors into offshore sailing.^[2]

Racing results

Pos	Year	Race	Class	Boat Name	Notes	Ref
Round the World Races
	2024/25	2024-2025 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Vunerable		^[3]
	2020	The Ocean Race	IMOCA 60	Holcom-PRB
	2014	Volvo Ocean Race	Volvo Ocean 65	MAPFRE
Transatlantic Races
DNF	2024	Transat New York Vendée	IMOCA 60	Vunerable	Dismasted	^[4]
	2023	Retour à la Base (Transat B to B)	IMOCA 60	Vunerable
3 /	2023	2023 Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	For the Ocean	with Antoine Koch (FRA)
DNF	2018	2018 Route du Rhum	Multi 50	Leyton	Injured in Pre start
3 / 7	2021	2019 Transat Jacques Vabre	Multi 50	Leyton	with Aymeric Chappellier (FRA)
2	2019	2019 Transat Jacques Vabre	Class 40	FRA 156 - Leyton	with Fabien Delahaye (FRA)
DNF	2018	2018 Route du Rhum	Class 40	GBR 137 - Narcos:Mexico	Dismasted
7 / 20	2015	2015 Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Comme un seul homme	with Antoine Koch (FRA)
DNF	2013	2013 Transat Jacques Vabre	Class 40	GBR 123 - Concise 8	with Ned Collier Wakefield (GBR)
12 / 16	2012	Transat AG2R	Figaro 2	Artemis	with Nick Cherry
DNF	2011	2011 Transat Jacques Vabre	Class 40	GBR 93 - Concise 2	with Ned Collier Wakefield (GBR)
Other Races

References

^ Race, The Ocean. "Sam Goodchild". The Ocean Race 2022-23.
^ Artemis Racing (7 April 2011). "First Artemis solo scholarship awarded to Sam Goodchild".
^ "Sam Goodchild | Vendée Globe 2024". www.vendeeglobe.org.
^ "Sam Goodchild". www.imoca.org.

External links

Sam Goodchild at the Fédération Française de Voile (in French)
Sam Goodchild on IMOCA

[1] Race, The Ocean. "Sam Goodchild". The Ocean Race 2022-23.

[2] Artemis Racing (7 April 2011). "First Artemis solo scholarship awarded to Sam Goodchild".

[3] "Sam Goodchild | Vendée Globe 2024". www.vendeeglobe.org.

[4] "Sam Goodchild". www.imoca.org.

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