Fernando Echávarri Erasun (born 13 August 1972 in Santander, Spain) is a professional yachtsman in the Olympic Tornado class.

Born and raised in Santander,Cantabria, Fernando's family moved to Pontevedra, Galicia when he was five due to his father medical practice as surgeon chief in the Montecelo Hospital.

Although his parents (Carlos and Beatriz) did not sail, they adapted their spare time and vacations to their kids racing calendar, always encouraging them to enjoy the sport.

In order to enhance his competitiveness, he raced with a weighted jacket, developed a chronic back injury that partially healed and persist to this day.

With its modern, stylish rigging and sleek lines the Tornado is quick to catch the eye of any water-drawn on-looker as it speeds across harbors, lakes, and oceans in over 40 countries around the world.

Having a limited budget, and lacking a technical background in catamarans, they concentrated in physical condition, sailing, maximizing resources, while learning the basics.

The gold medal winners were Roman Hagara and Hans Peter STEINACHER of Austria followed by the Americans Johnny Lovell and Charlie Ogletree.

However, this was the confirmation period with national institutions such as RFEV, FGV, Plan ADO, and private sponsors including Telefónica-Movistar helping their Olympic effort.

Fernando was given the opportunity of racing keeled boats at the Royal Sailing Club Sanxenxo[3] where his reputation as a dinghy sailor in the early 90s was growing.

It was after he signed for the Movistar[4] sailing team that he got again in the IMS mediterranean circuit winning numerous events including Copa del Rey, European and world's titles.

Sadly, drama hit the New York-Plymouth stage due to structural damage in the keel system of the Movistar VOR70 that forced the crew to abandon ship when battling a North Atlantic storm.

In Leg 4, Telefónica Black experienced very rough headwinds and waves and a crack developed on the port side of the boat.

In 2021, Fernando achieved monohull line honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race as skipper on board the 42.6m/140 ft ClubSwan 125 Skorpios.