Brad Jackson is a New Zealand

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

that has sailed in multiple

Volvo Ocean Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Rac ...

Sailing career

Jackson first sailed with ''

NZ Endeavour ''NZ Endeavour'' is a yacht. She won the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World 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 curren ...

'' in the 1993-94 Whitbread Round the World Race. He then sailed on '' Merit Cup'' in the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race before joining ''

Team Tyco ''Team Tyco'' is a Bermudian Volvo Ocean 60 yacht, designed by Farr Yacht Design in 2000, and built by Eric Goetz Custom Sailboats in Rhode Island. She competed in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race and finished fourth overall, skippered by Kevin S ...

'' for the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race. He was a member of '' ABN Amro I'' in 2005-06, ''

Ericsson 4 ''Ericsson 4'' (also ''Groupama 70'') is a Volvo Open 70 yacht. She won the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Torben Grael Torben is a Danish variant of the given name Torbjörn. People named Torben include: *Torben Betts (born 1968), Eng ...

'' in 2008-09 and '' Mar Mostro'' in 2011-12. He coached ''

Team SCA ''Team SCA'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished sixth in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Samantha Davies. Following the race, the boat was refitted for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race but did not compete. The boat was renamed ...

'' in the 2014-15 edition. For the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, Jackson was originally named as a watch captain for ''

Team AkzoNobel ''team AkzoNobel'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She was the only new yacht built for the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race. 2017-18 crew *Simeon Tienpont - skipper *Jules Salter - navigator * Chris Nicholson * Peter van Niekerk *Brad Farrand *António F ...

'' before being promoted to skipper following the sacking of

Simeon Tienpont Simeon Tienpont (born 20 January 1982) is a Dutch sailor who has competed in multiple Volvo Ocean Races and America's Cups. He first participated in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2005-06 aboard '' ABN Amro II''. Tienpont joined Oracle Team USA for the ...

. Tienpont was then reinstated by an arbitration panel, resulting in Jackson deciding not to sail in leg 1.

References

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