Sam Goodchild

Sam Goodchild
Start of 2024 Vendee
Born	(1989-11-19) 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	Event	Class	Boat	Time	Notes	Ref.
Round the World Races
9 / 40	2025	2024-2025 Vendée Globe	IMOCA 60	Vunerable	76d 2h 1m 45s		[3]
4 / 5	2023	The Ocean Race	IMOCA 60	Holcim-PRB
4 / 7	2014	Volvo Ocean Race	Volvo Ocean 65	MAPFRE
	2011	Volvo Ocean Race
Transatlantic Races
DNF	2024	Transat New York Vendée	IMOCA 60	Vunerable		Dismasted	[4]
3	2023	Retour à la Base (Transat B to B)	IMOCA 60	For the Planet	9d 07h 43m 21s		[5]
3 / 32	2023	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	For the Planet	12d 01h 50m 32s	with  Antoine Koch (FRA)
3 /	2023	1000 race	IMOCA 60
DNF	2022	Route du Rhum	Ocean 50			Withdrew due to injury
3 / 7	2021	Transat Jacques Vabre	Ocean 50	Leyton	15d 17h 15m 43s	with  Aymeric Chappellier (FRA)
2 /	2019	Transat Jacques Vabre	Class 40	FRA 156 - Leyton	18d 00h 43m 11s	with  Fabien Delahaye (FRA)
DNF	2018	Route du Rhum	Class 40	GBR 137 - Narcos:Mexico		Dismasted
7 / 20	2015	Transat Jacques Vabre	IMOCA 60	Comme un seul homme	19d 02h 15m 34s	with  Antoine Koch (FRA)
DNF	2013	Transat Jacques Vabre	Class 40	GBR 123 - Concise 8		with  Ned Collier Wakefield (GBR)
12 / 16	2012	Transat AG2R	Figaro 2	Artemis	22d 15h 59m 26s	with Nick Cherry
DNF	2011	Transat Jacques Vabre	Class 40	GBR 93 - Concise 2		with  Ned Collier Wakefield (GBR)
Other Races
2 / 18	2024	Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération	IMOCA 60
3 / 34	2023	Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération	IMOCA 60
3 / 25	2023	Rolex Fastnet Race	IMOCA 60	For the Planet	02d 07:43:19
1 /	2022	Dhream Cup	Ocean 50	Leyton	2d 22h 58m 08s
1 /	2022	1000 miles des Sables	Ocean 50	Leyton	3d 2h 50m
2 /	2022	Pro Sailing Tour	Ocean 50	Leyton	2d 15h 23m 14s	with  Aymeric Chappellier (FRA) and  Pierre Pennec (FRA)
1 /	2021	Pro Sailing Tour	Ocean 50
1 /	2020	Dhream Cup	Beneteau Figaro
2 /	2020	Solo Maître Coq	Beneteau Figaro 3
3 /	2019	Rolex Fastnet Race	Ultim
2 /	2018	1000 miles des Sables	Class 40
2 /	2014	Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race	VOR65
22 /	2014	Solitaire du Figaro	Beneteau Figaro 2
11 /	2013	Solitaire du Figaro	Beneteau Figaro 2
1 /	2013	RORC Caribbean 600	Class 40
2 /	2013	Round Gotland Race
1 /	2012	Normandy Channel Race
24 /	2012	Solitaire du Figaro	Beneteau Figaro 2
8 /	2012	Solo Figaro Massif Marine	Beneteau Figaro 2
19 /	2011	Tour of Britany	Beneteau Figaro 2
2 /	2011	Solo Basse Normandie	Beneteau Figaro 2
34 /	2011	Solitaire du Figaro	Beneteau Figaro 2
3 /	2011	La Transmanche	Beneteau Figaro 2
16 /	2010	Round Britain and Ireland Race	Beneteau Figaro 2

References

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.
5. "British skipper Sam Goodchild (FOR THE PLANET) takes third, wins 2023 IMOCA Globe Series title". retouralabase.com. Retrieved 2025-02-08.

External links

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