A childhood spent on a boat, a meeting with Alex Thomson, sailing from one support to another where Sam Goodchild demonstrated his skills... This journey led the skipper to take the helm of his first IMOCA, named Vulnerable, to take part in his greatest dream: the Vendée Globe. "Vendée", a word that has resonated strongly in his adventurous mind since his earliest childhood and the stories told by his father. At the start of 2023, he joined the experienced TR Racing team - alongside Thomas Ruyant - an ideal setting for this major project. Sam is a man of challenges, and in 2024 he's preparing to take on his greatest challenge yet.
Ranking
33rd
Status
Distances covered
in nautical miles (1 mile ≈ 1.852 km)
- 5000 The Ocean Race 2023
- 348 Rolex Fastnet Race 2023
- 294 Défi Azimut 2023
- 1880 Transat Jacques Vabre 2023
- 3500 Retour à la Base 2023
- The Ocean Race 2023 5000
- Rolex Fastnet Race 2023 348
- Défi Azimut 2023 294
- Transat Jacques Vabre 2023 1880
- Retour à la Base 2023 3500
Profile
Achievements
VULNERABLE
- Former name : LinkedOut
- Architect : Guillaume Verdier
- Construction : 2019, Persico Marine, Italie
- Launch date : 07 Juillet 2019
- Lenght : 18,28 m
- Beam : 5,85 m
- Draught : 4,50 m
- Weight : 8 t
- Mast height : 29 m
- Upwind sail area : 320m2
- Downwind sail area : 430m2
Advens is a leading French cybersecurity company. With its independence and more than 400 experts in France and Europe, it helps companies to prevent and neutralise cyber attacks. But that's not its only vocation: Advens wants to have an impact on the world. It is building a committed business model that allows it to dedicate 50% of the Advens group's capital to the development and acceleration of initiatives that aim to have a large-scale impact on people and the planet.
Commitment
We Sail for People and Planet is a collective of committed people, working together around two boats, For People and For the Planet, and two skippers, Thomas Ruyant and Sam Goodchild. Its aim is to harness the power of top-level sport to accelerate concrete, high-potential social and environmental programmes.
Commitment
Team for the Planet
Entrepreneurship at the service of the climate emergency! Team for the Planet creates companies that are designed and configured from A to Z to fight against greenhouse gases. Its mission is to identify high-impact innovations around the world and recruit skilled entrepreneurs to transform the 100 best innovations into companies with solid business models. Team for the Planet injects money and the power of a network of over 100,000 shareholders to maximise and accelerate the deployment of these companies. All innovations are widely shared thanks to an open licensing model. Any individual or legal entity can join the adventure from €1 in 2 minutes and take concrete action, on a global scale, against climate change.
