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Professional sailor Hayden Goodrick, who had been living in Vail, Colorado with his young family, died after having chest pains during an event in Newport, Rhode Island. He was 38. A New Zealand-born sailor and father of two is being mourned all over the world after he died while competing.
Hayden’s early career started when his uncle gifted him lessons at the New Plymouth Yacht Club in New Zealand as a pre-teen. In 2000, Hayden left New Plymouth Boys High School and moved to Auckland, after being given the opportunity to sail in the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. “I decided, if I wanted to have a decent crack at sailing, I would have to put everything into it,” he said in 2003.
Goodrick, nicknamed “83”, had a drive for the sport that saw him chase his dream all over the globe, taking part in the America’s Cup, as a key member of BMW Oracle in 2007, and founding the US One Sailing team, driving it to success in 2013, and was beloved figure in the sport.
His mother, Denise Goodrick, said she’d need a whole day to sum up her son’s achievements. “Hayden was somebody who lived a lifetime in 38 years,” Denise said. While Hayden was known for his sailing, he had done so much else in the decades he spent overseas, and was renowned by so many organizations and people…
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