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Jonny Malbon
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Presentation
A self made sailor
Here’s a newcomer, who isn’t really one. Maybe we could say he is a beginner in ocean racing in general and Imoca monohulls in particular, like Vincent Riou was for his victory race. In other words, he is stepping out of the shadows, but is already well known and appreciated by his fellow racers. Working with Mike Golding, for whom he started to prepare boats back in 1998, Jonny Malbon has clocked up more than 300,000 miles on all of the world’s seas. Like Dee Caffari, he also worked alongside Chay Blyth on the Global Challenge, where he was in charge of crew training. He could be seen for three seasons busily working as a crewman on the deck of Ellen MacArthur’s Kingfisher and of course alongside Brian Thompson, from whom he is taking over today.
In short, he is a well-rounded sailor with a great deal of intelligence: while Jonny is a kayaking, windsurfing and sailing instructor, he also has a degree from Greenwich University. Yet another chance for the British contingent to grab this famous Vendée Globe from the French, which up until now they have never achieved. Up until now being the key phrase…
Press Contact : Camilla GREEN
+44 (0) 7970 746 482 / camilla@camillagreen.co.uk
Here’s a newcomer, who isn’t really one. Maybe we could say he is a beginner in ocean racing in general and Imoca monohulls in particular, like Vincent Riou was for his victory race. In other words, he is stepping out of the shadows, but is already well known and appreciated by his fellow racers. Working with Mike Golding, for whom he started to prepare boats back in 1998, Jonny Malbon has clocked up more than 300,000 miles on all of the world’s seas. Like Dee Caffari, he also worked alongside Chay Blyth on the Global Challenge, where he was in charge of crew training. He could be seen for three seasons busily working as a crewman on the deck of Ellen MacArthur’s Kingfisher and of course alongside Brian Thompson, from whom he is taking over today.
In short, he is a well-rounded sailor with a great deal of intelligence: while Jonny is a kayaking, windsurfing and sailing instructor, he also has a degree from Greenwich University. Yet another chance for the British contingent to grab this famous Vendée Globe from the French, which up until now they have never achieved. Up until now being the key phrase…
Press Contact : Camilla GREEN
+44 (0) 7970 746 482 / camilla@camillagreen.co.uk
Achievements
• Winner of the Open 60 class 2007 JP Morgan Round The Island Race
• Winner of the 2007 Cowes-Dinard
• Winner of the 2006 Round Britain and Ireland Race
• Crewman on board the maxi-catamaran Doha 2006, winner of the Oryx Quest in 2005
• Co-skipper of the 60-foot Open Team 888 (ex-Kingfisher) in 2003
• Winner of the 2007 Cowes-Dinard
• Winner of the 2006 Round Britain and Ireland Race
• Crewman on board the maxi-catamaran Doha 2006, winner of the Oryx Quest in 2005
• Co-skipper of the 60-foot Open Team 888 (ex-Kingfisher) in 2003
Boat
Artemis 2, Jonny Malbon’s new boat is a design from Rogers Yachts. A dismasting in the 2007 Transat Jacques Vabre and delays during her build have meant we have not yet seen the full potential of Artemis 2.
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Boat - Designer: Rogers Yacht Design Ltd - Boatyard: Hutton Custom Boatbuilders - Launch date: March 2008 - Length: 18.28m (60’) - Beam: 6m (19’8’’) - Draft : 4.5m (14’9’’) - Displacement (weight): 8800 Kg - Number of daggerboards : 2 - Mast height: 28m (91’10’’) - Upwind sail surface: 350m2 - Downwind sail surface: 600m2 |
© François Chevalier
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