Nicholas O’Leary

Nicholas O’Leary has been at the forefront of Irish sailing from the very start of his sailing career. Representing Ireland in World Championships from the age of 11 in the Optimist class, two Youth Worlds in the Laser, Imoca 60 racing to Superyacht helmsman he’s covered a very broad spectrum of boat within the Sport. O’Leary is no stranger to the team dynamics required to make boats go fast and successfully around the race track. Competitiveness runs through O’Leary’s blood as his family have a history of high calibre sports achievements from Olympic pedigree to National Rugby representation on both sides.

“The challenge of bringing together the best sailors in the country and moulding the skill set of dinghy, keelboat and ocean racers together to race the world’s highest calibre of sailors is what excites me in this role”

Annalise Murphy

As one of Ireland’s most accomplished sailors, Annalise Murphy brings a wealth of competitive experience to the team, and is acutely aware of what it takes to succeed at the highest levels of the sport. With a silver medal at Rio 2016 in the Laser Radial, complemented by a 4th place finish at London in 2012, along with a broader sailing resume that includes accolades like Moth Women’s World Champion, as well as competing in the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean race with Turn the Tide on Plastic

Revelin Minihan

Revelin has been involved with the RC44 class since its inception in 2007, and brings a high degree of class specific knowledge and experience to the team. Revelin has raced with a large number of teams across many classes, as well as maintaining an operations role on a number of America’s Cup teams, providing the Irish team with many transferable skills, techniques and philosophies adopted by the best teams in the world

Cian Guilfoyle

As another team member racing on the 44Cup circuit, Cian adds to the team’s knowledge base, providing experience in the middle of the boat. Racing across many classes including TP52s, RC44s, fast 40s and superyachts, as either a bowman or grinder, Cian brings both physicality and technical know how to the team