Jacob Saunders

[4] He represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics together with Oliver Bone of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron,[5] finishing in 17th place in the men's 470 event.

[7] At the age of 16, he began training in the 420 class with former Olympian Oliver Bone as his coach, and competed at the 2009 Youth Sailing World Championships in Brazil.

[2] In 2011, they started competing in the 470 class, with Jacob at the helm as skipper and Graeme as crew, and participated in the 2011 Junior World Championships.

[4] In 2017, Jacob competed at Chester Race Week, helming Dark 'n' Stormy to a first-place overall finish in the Bluenose class, with Erin Creaser on jib and David Mosher on main.

[11] After a three-year hiatus from sailing to finish his engineering degree, Jacob was approached by his former coach and former Olympian Oliver Bone, and started training with him in the fall of 2019.

[12] After lockdown was lifted, they resumed training for nine to ten hours a week, sailing out of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax.