Oliver Heer Oliver Heer Ocean Racing
Applicant
2024
1st
Participation
CH
36 years old
Port-la-Forêt
Oliver Heer is a passionate Swiss German offshore sailor who has competed since childhood. After the untimely death of his father in 2014, Ollie decided that a corporate career wasn’t for him, and he needed to “follow his dreams”. In 2018, he joined Alex Thomson on the IMOCA, HUGO BOSS, as Boat Captain. Together the pair sailed over 50,000 miles and in 2021, Alex and Ollie co-skippered the Rolex Fastnet Race, Ollie’s debut into the IMOCA Globe Series. Competing in the Vendée Globe has been Ollie’s ambition since he was small.
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Achievements
Oliver Heer Ocean Racing
- Former names: Gitana Eighty, 1876, W Hotels, Renault Z.E., Synerciel, GAES Centros Auditivos, Newrest-Matmut, Newrest-Brioches Pasquier, Family Mary-Etamine du Lys, Pure-Family Mary, Pure - Best Western
- Architect: Farr Yacht Desig
- Construction: 2007, New Zealand
- Launch Date: 19 August 2008
- Length: 18,28 m
- Beam: 5,8 m
- Draught: 4,5 m
- Upwind sail area: 270 m2
- Downwind sail area: 560 m2
Sponsors
Burgerstein Vitamine
For over 50 years Burgerstein Vitamine has developed and offered a diverse, wide range of high-quality health products with vitamins, minerals, trace elements, phytochemicals and probiotics.
Portier Yachts
A family-owned luxury yacht yard in Meilen, was founded in 1815 and now run by the 7th generation. They have an impressive reputation as the most versatile full-service shipyard in Switzerland.
HQAM
Herens Quality Asset Management are a Switzerland-based asset manager providing customised investment solutions for institutional and private investors.