Sam

Sam

Sam Goodchild

Date of Birth: 19/11/1989

Place of Birth: Bristol, UK

Nationality: British, Grenadian

Height: 6’2″

Weight: 90kg

Sam is a young british offshore sailor with his sights firmly set on the Vendee Globe.

Weeks after being born in Bristol he flew across the atlantic to live on a sailing yacht with the rest of his family. They lived on the boat for 8 years, based mainly in the Southern caribbean and then eventually settling down in a house in Grenada in 1999. After hurricane Ivan devastated Grenada in 2004, Sam moved back to boarding school in the UK where he finished off his GCSE’s and then A-Levels.

Back in the UK, Sam started taking his racing a lot more seriously and starting with some dinghy sailing and then some Match Racing where he became the UK RYA Youth National Match Racing Champion in 2008. With Blood for adventure he could never really keep away from the long distance offshore trips and managed to rack up 5 Atlantic and 1 Pacific crossing, RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Qualification, double-handed race around Britain and over 35,000 offshore miles.

After competing in the double-handed Round Britain Race in 2010 he was selected to join the Artemis Offshore Acedemy which let him join one of the top training centres in france for Offshore Racing, CEM, focusing on the Figaro class. As a result he won a Scholarship which allowed him to compete in the 2011 Figaro circuit. He then competed in the 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre on a Class 40 with Ned Collier Wakefield from Team Concise where, after 7 close days of racing they were forced to retire from the lead with structural failure to the hull. Shortly after returning to the UK he joined Conrad Colman on Cessna Citation as a last minute co-skipper for leg 2 of the Global Ocean Race from Cape Town to Wellington. After 7000miles and 31days at sea they arrived in 1st out of the 6 boat fleet.

Sailing Achievements

2012

8th – Solo Figaro Massif Marine – Figaro

2011

1st – Leg 2 Global Ocean Race – Class 40

Transat Jacques Vabre – Retired from the lead due to hull damage on day 7 – Class 40

19th – La Tour de Bretagne – Figaro

34th – La Solitaire du Figaro – Figaro

Winner of the Artemis Offshore Academy scholarship

Training at the CEM offshore sailing school in France

2nd – Solo Basse Normandie – Figaro

3rd – La Transmanche – Figaro

2010

Training at the CEM offshore sailing school in France – Figaro

Delivery from Jamaica to the Azores – Class 40/Skipper

Selected for Artemis Offshore Academy 2010/2011

16th – Double Handed Round Britain and Ireland Race – Figaro/Co-Skipper

Delivery from Miami to The Azores – Class 40/Mate

2009

Delivery from Mexico to Antigua – Class 40/Mate

9th – Mumbai International Match Race – J24/Tactician

1st – Morbihan Mondial – Class 40/Crew

3rd – Danish U23 Match Racing Nationals – Match28/Helm

4 th – RYA match racing Nationals – J80/ Helm

Selected for the Espoir Region Bretagne Challenge stage 2 – Figaro

1st – Morbihan Mondial – Class 40/Crew

8th – Fastnet Race – Imoca 60/Crew

3rd – The PowerBar Three Peaks Yacht Race – J120/Crew

9th – Vice Admirals Cup – J109/Tactician

Delivery from Antigua to Southampton – Class 40/Mate

7th – National Bank International Match Racing Championships – Elliot 6/Helm

2008

Delivery from Tenerife to Antigua – Swan 65/Watch Captain

1st – RYA Youth National Match Racing Championships – J80/Helm

1st – NSSA Match Racing Championships – J80/Helm

3rd – RYA Match Racing Qualifier 1 – J80/Helm

16th – RS500 Nationals – RS500/Helm

Reselected as member, for Volvo RYA Keelboat Squad 2008/2009

2007

7th – RYA Match Racing Qualifier 3 – J80/Helm

14th – RYA Youth Nationals(Silver Fleet) – 29er/ Helm

10th – RS800 EuroCup – RS800/Helm

Delivery from Portsmouth to Halifax – Volvo 60/Crew

Delivery from Hawaii to Indonesia – Volvo 60/Crew

Reselected, as youngest member, for Volvo RYA Keelboat Squad 2007/2008

2006

Selected as youngest member of Volvo RYA Keelboat Squad for 2006/2007

29th – RYA Youth Nationals – 29er/Helm

5th – RYA Youth Match Racing – J80/Bow

2005 and Earlier

5th – Southern Caribbean Invitational Regatta – MR15/Helm

Variety of local Caribbean island regattas on many different boats