About Me

My name is Tobias Hochreutener. I was born in Switzerland in 1979. At the age of 10 I began to competitively sail in Optimist dinghies, later on moving into 420's, Toppers and Lasers. In 1994 I relocated with my family to England where I obtained my GCSE's and later graduated from Falmouth Marine school in 1998 with a diploma in Naval Architecture. During my time in Falmouth I was given the opportunity to start to race in bigger boats and racing yachts.

My professional career started in 1998 when I met Sir Peter Blake, who employed me to deliver his private 70 ft yacht "Archangel" from Tahiti to Auckland. Subsequently Sir Peter offered me a position as a member of the shore team of New Zealand's Americas Cup 2000 campaign which I gladly accepted.

Early 2002 I obtained my commercially endorsed yacht master ocean license.

Up to date I have logged over 70,000 ocean miles.

Achievements



2004
1st place at Key West Class 0 on Swan 68 "Chippewa"
1st place at Antigua sailing week on "Chippewa"
21st (of 86) in Mini Fastnet


2003
1000 mile Solo qualifier
1000 mile Racing qualifer

5,500 miles racing on Mini circuit


2002
14th place in Newport-Bermuda Race on Swan 68 "Chippewa" (fastest elapsed time in Swan class)
3rd place in Antigua Sailing Week on Chippewa

6,000 ocean miles including one Atlantic crossing

2001
2nd place in Block Island Race Week on Sydney 60 "Yes!"
4th place in the Swan American Championships on Swan 56 "Noonmark V"
1st place in the BVI Spring Regatta on "Yes!"
3rd place in the USVI Rolex Regatta on Andrews 70 "Magnitude"

18000 ocean miles including two Atlantic crossings

1999/2000
Defending the Americas Cup with Team New Zealand in Auckland
1st place in the RNYZ Blockovitch Cup on Davidson 65 "Antaeus"
1st place in the Auckland-Tauranga Race on Antaeus
3rd place in the Auckland-Fiji Race on Antaeus

36,000 ocean miles including a delivery from New Zealand to Europe and another from Singapore to the Caribbean via Cape Town.