Damian Foxall

Damian Foxall from Kerry spent his childhood in idyllic Derrynane where the ocean was part of life. His journey to professional yacht racing began when he left school early and worked from London to the Caribbean to his first job on boats. His career covers virtually every major trans-oceanic competition, and a record time set the late Steve Fossett. With co-skipper Jean-Pierre Dick, he won the Barcelona World Race in 2008 and was watch-leader on Ireland's Green Dragon team in the Volvo Ocean Race. He has been signed to the French Groupama racing team as watch-leader. David Branigan is a marine photographer-journalist based in Dublin with a passion for the ocean, boats and boat people. Official photographer for the Volvo Ocean Race on five occasions, he writes for The Irish Times, Irish Examiner and Irish Independent. A lifeboat volunteer, his ambition is to learn how to trim a sail