Five-time World Champions.

About Us

ChinaOne.Ningbo is a professional sailing team founded in 2017 with the support of the city of Ningbo and under the leadership of two-time America’s Cup winner Craig Monk and world-champion skipper Phil Robertson. The team brings together top international and Chinese sailors to train and compete in a spirit of international collaboration.

Since its founding, ChinaOne.Ningbo has won five world championships:

  • the M32 World Championship in 2017 and 2018

  • the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) overall championship in 2017 and 2023 and the grand final championship in 2019.

In Motion

Racing Achievements

 

ChinaOne.Ningbo has consistently won championships and medals in some of the most competitive professional sailing classes internationally such as M32 Catamarans, GC32 foiling Catamarans and the new 69F foiling monohull class.

 
 
 
  • World Match Racing Tour Final: Champion

    Bermuda Gold Cup (WMRT): Third Place

    M32 European Series: Champion

    China-CEE International Regatta: Champion

  • M32 European Championship: Third Place

  • Shanghai Cruise Port International Regatta: Champion

    Persico 69F Cup, Final Grand Prix (Italy): Third Place

  • Bermuda Gold Cup (WMRT): Third Place

  • GKSS Match Cup Sweden (WMRT Final): Champion

  • M32 World Championship: Champion

    Match Cup Norway (WMRT): Champion

    The 164th New York Yacht Club Regatta: Champion

  • M32 World Championship: Champion

    Match Cup Russia (WMRT): Champion

    GKSS Match Cup Sweden (WMRT): Champion

    Match Cup Australia (WMRT): Champion

Team

Founders

  • Philip Sohmen 包文骏

    Philip is a businessman and educator based between Hong Kong and Shanghai, and with family roots in Ningbo. A water sports enthusiast since an early age, he competed internationally for Hong Kong’s swimming and water polo teams. He developed his love of sailing at a young age with a particular enjoyment of catamaran and high speed sailing.

  • Rob McCormack

    Rob is co-founder and COO of Andes STR, a firm providing turnkey services to investors in short-term rental real estate properties. He has spent half his adult life in Asia and is a long-time investor in both the US and Asia. He grew up sailing and taught sailing with ChinaOne CEO, Craig Monk, for two years while in college.

  • Craig Monk

    Craig has been involved in competitive sailing for more than 30 years. He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and was then recruited as a grinder by Russell Coutts’ Team New Zealand, with whom he won the America’s Cup in 1995 and 2000. Craig was BMW Oracle Racing’s sailing team manager from 2003 until the 2007 America's Cup.

  • Alex Sun 孙肖

    Shanghai-born Alex is a founder of Akasha Capital, an investment company with interests in fintech, clean energy and real estate. She previously worked in the financial industry in Toronto, New York and Hong Kong and was global head of commodities for a leading Wall Street firm. Her interest in ChinaOne reflects her passion in sports and sustainability.

Promoting Sailing in China

Our vision is to create a team that can compete at the highest international level, while giving back to the community by promoting the sport of sailing in Ningbo and across the country, especially among the younger generation. Some of our initiatives include:

  • Organizing the Family Regatta Ningbo in partnership with the China Yachting Association in order to introduce more children and families to the sport of sailing.

  • Training domestic sailors in collaboration with the Zhejiang Sailing Team.

  • Organizing the 2020 Coastal Sports Tourism Industry Development Forum in Ningbo.

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