Luck, he’ll be the first to admit, has played a role. He is, as he is fond of saying about some of his mates in the business, “a good yachtie.”
He’s a very competent bowman, extremely knowledgeable about all aspects of the sport, unflappable when things go awry, and very easy to get along with. Spend a few days on the boat with Tyson – as I did during both the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race and Quantum Key West Race Week – and it’s easy to see why he’s been able to make a name for himself in the world of professional sailing at a relatively young age. In simple terms, he has achieved his dream. At 28, he’s just finished a six-year stint with Emirates Team New Zealand, where he was a boat captain for a number of the team’s race boats over that span, including their AC45, Extreme 40 and TP52. He turned that regatta into a full season of sailing in Europe and then turned that season into a career. In his pocket, he had two things: some cash he’d saved up working a part-time job, and a commitment from an English owner for a week of Farr 40 sailing. A decade ago, 18-year-old Tyson Lamond left his hometown of Adelaide, Australia, in pursuit of his dream of becoming a professional sailor.
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