PremiumChristopher Reive Senior Sports Journalist·NZ Herald·28 May, 2026 05:01 PM6 mins to read‌Mike Sanderson was the skipper aboard the Ocean Race-winning ABN Amro I in the 2005-06 event. Photo / Mark MitchellMike Sanderson was the skipper aboard the Ocean Race-winning ABN Amro I in the 2005-06 event. Photo / Mark MitchellMike Sanderson conquered his Everest.Growing up watching the open-ocean exploits of the likes of Sir Peter Blake and Grant Dalton, the budding Kiwi yachtsman put plans into action to follow in their wake.

Sanderson says everything he did in his junior career was done as a way of working