| Grant Dalton | |
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| Born | 1 July 1957 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | professional sailor |
Grant Dalton (born 1 July 1957) is a New Zealand sailor who is most notable for competing in five Whitbread Round the World Races and managing Team New Zealand.
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Grant Dalton is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in the P Class and soon started racing as a member of Maraeti Beach Boating Club. He was shortlisted in 2001 by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.
His other passion away from sailing motor racing, being an avid F1 fan and with life with Emirates Team New Zealand more settled than a round-the-world campaign, he is making time to race on the New Zealand motor racing circuit.
Grant Dalton has raced around the world seven times the first five as part of the Whitbread Round the World Race later to be called the Volvo Ocean Race. This race has transformed itself during Grants involvement from a race of adventures to grand prix yachting event. Here is a list of participation
He then skipper of won the The Race a sprint around the world onboard maxi catamaran Club Med. That race started Jan 1, 2001 and finished on March 3. Club Med broke several records along the way including the distance sailed in 24 hours (656 nautical miles) and the fastest circumnavigation (62 days and 7 hours).
Called in to restructure and revitalise Team New Zealand after its loss of the America’s Cup in February 2003.