Brad Jackson (sailor)
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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. While the term ''sailor'' ...
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 ...
s.


Sailing career

Jackson sailing career began with '' NZ Endeavour'' in the 1993-94 Whitbread Round the World Race. He then joined ''
Merit Cup ''Merit Cup'' is a yacht. She finished second in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Grant Dalton. Career ''Merit Cup'' was designed by Bruce Farr Bruce Kenneth Farr (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of r ...
'' for the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race, followed by ''
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 ...
'' in the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race. He was a member of '' ABN Amro I'' in 2005-06, ''
Ericsson 4 ''Ericsson 4'' (also ''Groupama 70 or L4 Trifork'') is a Volvo Open 70 yacht. She won the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Torben Grael and with Horacio Carabelli, Jules Salter, Guy Salter, Brad Jackson, Stu Bannatyne, Dave Endean, Joao Sig ...
'' in 2008-09 and '' Mar Mostro'' in 2011-12. He coached '' Team SCA'' in the 2014-15 edition. For the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, Jackson was initially appointed 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 Volvo Ocean Race Team * Simeon Tienpont - skipper *Jules Salter - navigator * Chris Nicholson * Peter van Niekerk *Br ...
'' but was promoted to skipper after Simeon Tienpont. Tienpont was then reinstated by an arbitration panel, resulting in Jackson's withdrawal from leg 1.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Brad Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Year of birth missing (living people)