Ocean Fever: The Damian Foxall Story - Foxall, Damian; Branigan, David
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High risk, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, knife-edge decisions, rivalries and challenges in the toughest environment are all in a day's work for exceptional Irish sailor, Damian Foxall. Ocean Fever traces his early years as a restless teenager and description of his successes and failures on many teams lifts the lid on this toughest of sports.

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High risk, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, knife-edge decisions, rivalries and challenges in the toughest environment are all in a day's work for exceptional Irish sailor, Damian Foxall. Ocean Fever traces his early years as a restless teenager and description of his successes and failures on many teams lifts the lid on this toughest of sports.
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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