[6] In 1986, he was hired by the Toronto Stock Exchange to lead their auditors,[5] as manager of the compliance department.
[5] Hatfield won Sail Canada's and Ontario Sailing's Sailor of the Year awards in 2003,[6][8][7] after finishing first in class and 10th overall in the Around Alone race, and that after he had wasted nearly a month in Ushuaia, Argentina repairing the mast, which had snapped in three places during a storm off Cape Horn.
[5] Hatfield was the subject of Adam Mayers's 2006 book Sea of Dreams: Racing Alone Around The World In A Small Boat.
[9] In 2008 Hatfield competed in the Vendee Globe,[4] but was forced to pull out when a large wave broke two of the mast spreaders on his new Open 60-class boat.
[5] Hatfield's death[3] was described as "sudden", and being due to an infection acquired after surgery for throat cancer diagnosed in February 2016.