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... Join us to Reconnect, Review and Reinvigorate ...

... as we unlock the potential of 2021.

You are invited to come together as we close this challenging year. Join us to share sailing success and resilience stories of 2020 and look forward to how we can unlock the potential of 2021.

Join in the converstaion with headline sailors and hosted by our very own Gail MacAllister from Irish Sailing. Then join your choice of break room for faciliated discussions with likeminded sailors and share your thoughts, dreams and ideas from 2020 and for 2021.

#togetherstronger

Together we can unlock the potential of new opportunities and new audience for 2021.

No, this is NOT just another ZOOM - this is so much more.

Pamela Lee

Pamela is an offshore sailor who recently achieved Around Ireland World Records. She loves the grit and perseverance required for competing offshore. She got her first taste of this in Sydney where she went on to podium finishes in the Blue Water Pointscore and Sydney-Hobart races, learning the ropes from sailing legends such as Roger Hickman. Pamela has built her experience, racing on everything from TP52s to Classic Fifes, around the world. Her current focus is to progress her offshore career through solo and doublehanded racing.

Pamela aspires to represent Ireland in the Paris 2024 in the new mixed doublehanded offshore class. She is a massive proponent of inclusion within sailing and is passionate about opening the sport up to the public and creating pathways for young female sailors. Her ultimate dream is to compete in The Ocean Race. 

Jamie Boag

Jamie has been CEO of 3 consecutive Volvo Ocean Race Teams, winning the race in 2014/15. He has also been involved with 2 Olympic gold medal winning programs, and has a long history of working with the elite performers in the sailing world.

Jamie is currently the Head Coach for the Hong Kong Sailing Federation and the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Jamie is also a founding partner and director of High Aspect International, an industry leading marine sports performance and marketing consultancy, specialising in sailing team performance management, commercial sponsorship and events. Over the past decade, the company has been successful in raising over $90m usd in sports sponsorship and the delivery of associated rights, as well as winning some of the sailing world’s biggest events.

A former professional sailor, who still competes on the international circuit, Jamie has acquired a solid background in sports performance, marketing, sponsorship, finance, management, the past twenty-five years.

Vera Quinlan

Vera is just back from a 14-month Atlantic circuit sailing adventure with her family. Vera and the family didn't just sail, they explored coastal and island cultures, climbed mountains and studied the oceans and even dropped an ARGO on route.

Vera started sailing at the age of 10 in a mirror and then a laser on Lough Derg and spent many years cruising with her parents in Ireland, France and Scotland. She participated in the Sydney to Hobart Race in 1988, on-board Asgard II.  Vera discovered mountaineering and explored mountain ranges climbing both rock and Ice in the Alps, North America, Himalaya and in 1995 was the Irish participant in a UK expedition to climb unclimbed peaks in Greenland.  In 2004 she fulfilled a lifelong ambition to skipper a yacht across the North Atlantic. Vera is involved in all aspects of cruising through both the Irish Cruising Club and the Ocean Cruising Club.

Vera studied a BSc in Marine Science and Hydrography at Liverpool John Moores University and followed a career in deep water 3D seismic exploration 1993 to 2006. In 2006 she began work at the Marine Institute of Ireland and is currently working as a marine scientist on INFOMAR, Ireland’s seabed mapping program.

Brian Carlin

Brian spent 15 months undertaking the role of On-Board Reporter Manager for the Volvo Ocean Race. Its the first time the On-Board Reporters have been taking in house directly by the race organisers. With this shift it was the races responsibility to select, train, equip and assign the On Board Reporters to the racing teams.

Previous to his management role, Brian was on-board Team Vestas Wind when she sailed into an offshore reef in Mauritian waters - Brian kept the cameras rolling and captured the entire experience.

Brian has been involved in producing content for teams in the America’s Cup, World Match Racing Tour and the Extreme Sailing Series and the Vendee Globe. He’s been involved with every aspect of communications, from helicopter photography sorties to building global communications plans for the sailing industry. 

Brian is from Tralee, lives in Alicante and is currently Head Of Content for Denmark SailGP Team.