''Amer Sports One'' is a
Volvo Ocean 60
The Whitbread 60 (W60), later known as the Volvo Ocean 60 (VO60), was a class of ocean racing yacht built to a " box rule" specifying key design parameters of the 10 smaller yachts which took part the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race.
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yacht. She finished third in the
2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by
Grant Dalton
Grant Stanley Dalton (born 1 July 1957) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in five Whitbread Round the World Races and currently manages Team New Zealand.
Background
Dalton is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in th ...
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The yacht was purchased by Canadian
Derek Hatfield
Derek Hatfield (30 August 1952 – 30 July 2016) was a Canadian sailor, and the first Canadian to race solo twice around the world.
Biography
Hatfield attended Nackawic High School in Nackawic, New Brunswick, and then earned a Bachelor of Admi ...
, and renamed Spirit of Adventure. In 2010, Hatfield set a new record for the Halifax to Saint Pierre Ocean Race, in 29h, 43min, and 56sec.
In 2016, the yacht is acquired by Gilles Barbot, and renamed ''Esprit de Corps IV''. She was to be skippered by Derek Hatfield who joined Atlas Ocean Racing but Hatfield died in July 2016.
At 4am AST on 22 May 2019 while bound for Lunenburg from the Caribbean, the Esprit de Corps IV was shipwrecked on Cross Island, NS.
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Volvo Ocean Race yachts
Volvo Ocean 60 yachts
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts
2000s sailing yachts