Since the age of seven, Oliver Bone has been tempting the waters with his passion for sailing. Eight years later, in August 2000, saw him competing with then teammate Patrick Littee and winning the Canadian Olympic Regatta in Kingston (CORK). With that win he went on to place first in the North American Circuit on the Laser II (a precursor to the 470). At this point it was obvious that Oliver was of Olympic quality. In 2001, Oliver and his Laser II teammate began training on the Olympic 470 boat. Oliver’s team was invited to participate in an intensive training camp with the then Canadian National 470 team that summer. At the time Oliver was considered one of the best 470 skippers in Canada. After a year of training, Oliver’s teammate decided to pursue other venues. Oliver considered sailing solo when he received an offer to join Stephane Locas who was also an established 470 skipper. Oliver gladly accepted the offer and started his journey to realize his Olympic dream.

Oliver is not only concerned with advancing his own skill but also feels passionately about giving back to the community. On an ongoing basis Oliver coaches Canada’s up and coming Olympic hopefuls with the skills one can only acquire through international achievement. Amongst his busy training and eventing schedule, Oliver has established a camp solely for women who he will be coaching personally this summer. He also developed a program where junior sailors will be able to have the opportunity to test their skills on the senior member’s large boats. As president of the 470 sailing class, Oliver organized the national qualifier regattas, training camps and established regattas throughout Canada. Oliver looks to raise not only himself to high levels but wants to give opportunity to those around him. His current project, which recently has been put on the shelve do to time restraints.