Enda O'Coineen
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Nationality | Irish |
Born | 15 October 1955 |
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Class(es) | Galway |
Club | Royal Irish Yacht Club[1] |
Enda O'Coineen, born on 15 October 1955 in Galway, is an Irish sailor, navigator and skipper.[2]
Biography[]
He acquired Mike Goling IMOCA 60 and renamed it "Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland". He was the first Irishman to enter the Vendee Globe he participated in the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe he broke the mast near New Zealand and had to retire.[3]
In early 2018, Enda O'Coineen decided to finish the planned trip of the Vendée Globe on the Imoca "The Breath of the North for The Imagine Project" belonging to Thomas Ruyant. He finished this journey on 1 April 2018 arriving in Sables d'Olonne. He was the first Irishman in history to circumnavigate the world on a solo sailing boat.[4]
Departure of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe
Departure of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe
Departure of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe
Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland
Sailing Highlights[]
- 2015: 3rd in the Transat St Barth
- 2015: 8th in the Rolex Fastnet Race
References[]
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/royalirishyc/posts/1594702280720994[self-published source?]
- ^ "Enda O'COINEEN KILCULLEN VOYAGER - TEAM IRELAND". Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "Broken mast ends O'Coineen's attempt to circumnavigate globe". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "Enda O'Coineen "Unofficially" Finishes Vendee Globe & Completes Solo Circumnavigation". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
External links[]
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Irish male sailors (sport)
- Sportspeople from Galway (city)
- IMOCA 60 class sailors
- Irish Vendee Globe sailors
- 2016 Vendee Globe sailors
- Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
- Irish sportspeople stubs
- Irish yacht racing biography stubs