Damian Foxall
{{short description|Irish sailor from County Kerry|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Damian Foxall (born 7 March 1969){{Cite web |url=https://archive.theoceanrace.com/en/crew/515_Damian-Foxall.html |title=Damian Foxall - The Ocean Race |access-date=2019-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809192239/https://archive.theoceanrace.com/en/crew/515_Damian-Foxall.html |archive-date=2019-08-09 |url-status=live}} is an Irish sailor from County Kerry.{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/sport/kerrys-foxall-wins-roundtheworld-yacht-race-1287737.html |title=Kerry's Foxall wins round-the-world yacht race |work=Independent.ie |access-date=2008-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520034849/http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/sport/kerrys-foxall-wins-roundtheworld-yacht-race-1287737.html |archive-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=live}}
Personal details
Foxall is married to Lucy Hunt, he has two children with Oisin and Neave and resides in Quebec, Canada.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/derrynane-boy-gripped-with-ocean-fever-again-1.627251 |title=Derrynane boy gripped with ocean fever again |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=19 October 2011 |access-date=2021-03-17}}
Key sailing results
In addition to his offshore experience, Foxall has also been associated with dinghy, Olympic and America's Cup sailing.{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2cRuJaoGOc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/x2cRuJaoGOc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |title=S1-E7 - Off Watch - A Conversation with Damian Foxall |date=26 May 2020 |access-date=2021-03-17 |website=theoceanrace.org}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=https://members.sailing.org/biog?id=IRLDF4 |title=Damian Foxall |website=members.sailing.org |publisher=World Sailing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527015728/https://members.sailing.org/biog?id=IRLDF4 |archive-date=2022-05-27 |url-status=dead}}
Sailing career
Foxall has competed in and worked with eleven round-the-world race teams, which include four 1st-place finishes.
=Solo Offshore Sailing=
In 1997 Foxall became the first non-French entry to win the rookie class in the Single-handed offshore race - La Solitaire du Figaro.
He went on to confirm his success in 1998–1999 with a leg win, before changing to the ORMA 60` Trimaran class.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
=Two Person Stopping Round the World Race=
In the 2007/2008 Barcelona World Race, sailing with co-skipper Jean-Pierre Dick on the Open 60 Paprec-Virbac. He was subsequently described as a national hero and Ireland's top international sailor and was greeted at a reception at the Presidential Residence in Ireland{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/foxalls-over-moon-after--global-marathon-victory-1288430.html |title=Foxall's over moon after global marathon victory |work=Independent.ie |access-date=2008-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520030316/http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/foxalls-over-moon-after--global-marathon-victory-1288430.html |archive-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=live}}
=Crewed Stopping Round the World Race=
In 2011 Foxall won the Volvo Ocean race with Team Groupama.
Other rtw{{define}} events include 5 Volvo ocean races, and a World Record circumnavigation in early 2004 with Steve Fossett on the G-Class catamaran Cheyenne. He was named Sailor of the Month by Afloat Magazine in March 2004.{{cite web |title=Sailor of the Year Awards 2004 |url=http://www.afloat.ie/_2002/html/sailors.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331052034/http://www.afloat.ie/_2002/html/sailors.html |archivedate=31 March 2008}}
Damian is a sailor and sustainability manager with Team Vestas 11th Hour racing.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/221755/11th-hour-racing-team-new-sustainability-manager |title=11th Hour Racing Team names veteran sailor Damian Foxall as Sustainability Manager |website=www.sail-world.com}}
Competing in the Volvo Ocean Race, whilst promoting Ocean health and sustainability as part of the Team Vestas 11th Hour racing core goals.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theoceanrace.com/en/teams/Vestas-11th-Hour-Racing.html |title=Vestas 11th Hour Racing |website=The Ocean Race |access-date=12 April 2022 |archivedate=29 May 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529015929/https://www.theoceanrace.com/en/teams/Vestas-11th-Hour-Racing.html |url-status=dead }}
=Multihulls=
His results in the ORMA 60' Trimaran class include: 1st - Transat Quebec-St Malo. 2st - ORMA circuit championship. 3 participations in Double Handed Transat Jacques Vabre, including 2nd, 3rd and a capsize. 2 Grand prix wins.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
=Sport=
In 2019, Foxall made a 400-metre descent on skis from the summit of Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil (1,014 m), down the Shoulder of Corrán to the top of the steep gully known as the Devil's Ladder.[https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2019/0203/1027268-damian-foxhall-carrauntoohil/ Renowned sailor completes descent of Carrauntoohil on skis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117070717/https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2019/0203/1027268-damian-foxhall-carrauntoohil/ |date=17 November 2019 }} RTÉ News, 3 February 2019.[https://www.facebook.com/damian.foxall/videos/10156912380038764/ Summit video] Damian Foxall, 3 February 2019.[https://www.facebook.com/damian.foxall/videos/10156912395168764/ Descent video] Damian Foxall, 3 February 2019.
=Expeditions=
In 2019, Foxall ran Quixote expedition's vessel for three months in Antarctica.
With his crew, Niall McAllister, Lucy Hunt, Caesar Chinchas, following the route of Edward Bransfield.
Conservation Work
=Canadian Wildlife Federation=
From 2012 to 2017 Damian worked as Recreation Education Manager for the Canadian Wildlife Federation{{cite web |url=http://cwf-fcf.org/en/about-cwf/board-and-staff/celebrity-profiles/damian-foxall.html |title=Canadian Wildlife Federation: Damian Foxall |work=cwf-fcf.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217202227/http://cwf-fcf.org/en/about-cwf/board-and-staff/celebrity-profiles/damian-foxall.html |archivedate=17 February 2015}} and is an advocate for outdoor education, connecting people with the natural world to promote health and conservation.
=Outdoor Education=
{{BLP sources section|date=February 2019}}
Damian Foxall is an active promoter of Ocean conservation.
Ambassador for :
[http://sailorsforthesea.org/ Sailors for the sea];
Race for water.
He also works to promote Best practices at afloat with regards to marine mammals.
[http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/When-whales-meet-sails/150942?source=google.ie See - When whales meet sails]
Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=Ocean Fever: The Damian Foxall Story (an Illustrated Paperback Book) |publisher=The Collins Press; Illustrated edition |date=1 October 2011 |isbn=978-1848890374}}
Footnotes
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External links
- {{World Sailing|id=IRLDF4|www=damian-foxall}}
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Category:Irish male sailors (sport)
Category:Volvo Ocean Race sailors
Category:Tornado class sailors
Category:IMOCA 60 class sailors
Category:Volvo Ocean 65 class sailors