Enda O'Coineen (born 15 October 1955 in
Galway
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), is an
Irish businessman, sailor, navigator and skipper.
Life
His great-grandfather participated in the
Klondike Gold Rush before returning to Ireland as a publican.
In 2013, he helped found the
Atlantic Youth Trust, a young sailing charity in Ireland.
He is chair of the charity.
In 2017, his net worth was reported as 49 million euros.
O'Coineen purchased the
Business Post
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Founding to Irish financial crisi ...
, a Sunday
newspaper
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in Ireland in September 2018.
The purchase was managed through the ownership of his company, Kilcullen Kapital Partners.
In 2019, he published a memoir entitled ''Close To The Edge''.
In 2020, it was reported that he owned 90% of Dun Aengus, an
investment vehicle
An investment fund is a way of investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group such as reducing the risks of the investment by a significant percentage. These advantages inc ...
.
O'Coineen is married to
Nicola Mitchell, the chief executive of
Life Scientific, an agrochemicals company.
In September 2022, it was announced that the couple had separated and he was suing his wife in the
High Court of Ireland.
Sailing
In 1985, he attempted to cross the
Atlantic Ocean
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but capsized and was late rescued by a
NATO
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warship.
Vendée Globe
He acquired Mike Goling IMOCA 60 and renamed it "Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland". He was the first Irishman to enter the
Vendee Globe when he participated in the
2016-2017 Vendée Globe he broke the mast near New Zealand and had to retire.
In early 2018, Enda O'Coineen decided to finish the planned trip of the
Vendée Globe
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The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop, unassisted round the world yacht race. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years. It is named after the Département of Vendé ...
on the Imoca "The Breath of the North for The Imagine Project" belonging to
Thomas Ruyant
Thomas Ruyant (born 24 May 1981) is a French sailor who was born in Dunkirk in the Nord region.
He is an offshore sailor and competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 onboard LinkedOut, named after a French employment charity. Ruyant ...
. He finished this journey on 1 April 2018, arriving in Sables d'Olonne.
File:Enda O'Coineen (6).jpg, Departure of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe
File:Enda O'Coinnen (2).jpg, Departure of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe
File:Kilcullen Voyager- Team Ireland(1).jpg, Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland
Sailing highlights
*2015: 3rd in the Transat St Barth
*2015: 8th in the Rolex Fastnet Race
*2016-2017: Vendée Globe participant.
References
External links
Official Website
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1955 births
Living people
Irish male sailors (sport)
Sportspeople from Galway (city)
IMOCA 60 class sailors
2016 Vendee Globe sailors
Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
20th-century Irish sportsmen