Jonny Malbon

Jonny Malbon is a British professional sailor born on 11 July 1974[1]

Jonny Malbon
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1974-07-11) 11 July 1974

His main sailing career highlight is competing in the 2008-2009 Vendee Globe aboard Artimist Ocean Racing II the only IMOCA 60 design by Simon Rodger.[1] He had an eventful race which ended in him retired when he got to New Zealand due to severe mainsail damage[2] but before that he also hit a whale.[3]

Before competing in the Vendee Globe he had clocked up more than 300,000 miles on all of the world oceans. He worked alongside Chay Blyth on the BT Global Challenge where he was in charge of crew training. He also gained experience of IMOCA 60's by doing boat preparation for Mike Golding, Dee Caffari, Ellen MacArthur's Kingfisher and Brian Thompson.[4]

He has a degree from Greenwich University.

References
  1. "Artemist Ocean II Yacht History". Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. "BBC Jonny Retire". Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  3. "Vendee-Artemis-II-(Jonny-Malbon-GBR)-hits-whale". Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  4. "Skippers Profile". Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2021-02-01.


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