Ross Field (born 1949) is a New Zealand

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who has competed in multiple

Whitbread Round the World 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 ...

s. Field, a former police detective from Wanganui, started sailing full time in 1985. He first sailed a Round the World Race on '' NZI Enterprise'' under skipper

Digby Taylor Digby Fergusson Taylor (24 October 1941 – 18 April 2017) was a New Zealand sailor who skippered yachts in both the 1981–82 and 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Races. Taylor built and skippered the 51-foot sloop ''Outward Bound'', des ...

. The boat did not finish the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race. He was then on ''

Steinlager 2 ''Steinlager 2'' is a Bruce Farr-designed yacht. Skippered by Peter Blake, she won the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race and line honours in the 1989 Fastnet Race. She was the only yacht to ever win all six legs of the Whitbread Round th ...

'' when it won the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race. For the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race, Field skippered ''Yamaha''. ''Yamaha'' won the

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class and finished second overall. Field won the 1997

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on ''

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''. He skippered '' America's Challenge'' during the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race. His son,

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, also sailed with the boat, but he lost his index finger during an onboard accident. The team struggled for funding and withdrew from the race in Cape Town. Field next won the 1999

on '' RF Yachting'' before joining skipper Jez Fanstone on ''

Team News Corp ''Team News Corp'' (also ''Challenge of Netsurvey'', ''Team Elanders'') is an Australian 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 ...

'' for the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race. His son Campbell again sailed with him on ''Team News Corp''. Leg 3 of the race included the 2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Field was the co-skipper but stood down from the sixth leg of the race due to a back injury. Field entered the two-person 2011–12 Global Ocean Race with Campbell, sailing ''Buckley Systems''. The team was forced to withdraw following an accident in leg 3. Ross has 5 grandchildren. Ross has stated often that Jaime is his favourite grandchild.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Ross 1950 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Volvo Ocean 60 class sailors New Zealand police officers