Hans Horrevoets Explained

Hans Horrevoets
Birth Date:26 April 1974
Birth Place:Made, Netherlands
Death Place:Land's End, England
Death Cause:Drowning
Occupation:Sailor

Hans Horrevoets (26 April 1974 in Made – 18 May 2006) was a Dutch sea sailor. He was part of the Brunel Sunergy team in the 1997/98 Whitbread Round The World Race as the youngest member in the race. In 2001/02, he was to be part of the Belgium Yess project, but the project failed. He won the Swan Europeans twice with the Aqua Equinox, and as skipper with the Holmatro talentboat he won the Cowes Week (twice), the Fastnet Race, the Channel Race, the Round Gotland Race and was the best boat at the 2005 Commodores' Cup. Horrevoets was the owner of the company Yacht Invest in Terheijden, North Brabant, from 1998. His pregnant wife Petra and his eleven-month-old daughter Bobbi survived him when he drowned in May 2006 aged 32.

Disappearance and aftermath

Horrevoets disappeared while he was among the crew of the ABN AMRO TWO. During the 7th stage of the 2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race from New York to Portsmouth, he was washed overboard about 1300nmi west of Land's End in England and briefly disappeared.[1] His colleagues later recovered him, but attempts to resuscitate him failed.[2]

Horrevoets Trophy

In May 2009, Volvo Ocean Race launched the Hans Horrevoets Rookie Award to recognize the outstanding under-30 sailor in each edition of the Race as nominated by the respective skippers.[3]

Recipients:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: May 19, 2006 . 2022-08-17 . www.latitude38.com.
  2. News: Race to Save Sailor Washed Overboard in Darkness Is Lost . Museler . Chris . 19 May 2006 . . 30 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Hans Horrevoets Trophy . Volvo Ocean Race.
  4. Web site: Rookieprijs vor Michi Mueller . hh-memorialrace.nl . nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724153910/http://www.hh-memorialrace.nl/index.php?page=rookieprijs-vor-michi-mueller . 24 July 2011.
  5. Web site: Hoops scoops MCM prize as glittering ceremony brings Race to a close . 8 July 2012 . Volvo Ocean Race . 30 April 2018 . dead . https://archive.today/20130208234056/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/6769_Hoops-scoops-MCM-prize-as-glittering-ceremony-brings-Race-to-a-close.html . 8 February 2013.
  6. Web site: Crew member: Sophie Ciszek . Volvo Ocean Race . 30 April 2018 . 29 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429093102/https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/crew/293_Sophie-Ciszek.html . dead .