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yachtsman - adventurer - speaker - ambassador

Athlete & Adventurer

Record breaker, Around the World Navigator, Author, Explorer, Champion Yachtsman

2024 Olympic Campaign

Join Nick Moloney and Adrienne Cahalan's campaign towards the Mixed Offshore Sailing Medal for Paris

Speaker / Host / Ambassador

Story Telling, Executive Coaching, Brand Representative, Event Host, Motivational Speaker

achievements

Nick MOLONEY is a two times America's Cup sailor. he has raced around the world three times in the world's most iconic yacht races. he is the holder of over fifteen world sailing speed and endurance records.

Australian Yachtsman, Nick Moloney has won an aray of major International yacht races during his professional career spanning over thirty years. Nick's World Records include the outright non-stop and unlimited around the world sailing speed record (the Trophy Jules Verne), the 24 hour speed / distance sailing record and a Guinness World Record for the first (and still the only person) to have windsurfed 230 kilometres across the notorious Bass Strait in a time of 22 hours and 11 minutes. Nick is the author of 'Chasing the Dawn', a published account of the 2002 Jules Verne Record and in the year 2000 he was awarded the Australian sports medal for his contribution and achievements in the sport of yacht racing.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1st Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 1st Rolex China Sea Race, 1st Kenwood Cup (Team Australia), 1st Southern Cross Cup (Team Australia), 1992 Americas Cup (Challenge Australia & Il Moro di Venezia), 1995 Americas Cup (oneAustralia), 1997-98 Whitbread Round The World Yacht Race (Toshiba), The Jules Verne Trophy (outright around the world sailing speed record, Maxi Catameran Orange), 2004-5 Vendee Globe (Skandia), 20 X TransAtlantic passages winning 5 TransAtlantic Races, 1st Class B and new course record in the 2002 solo classic The Route Du Rhum, 3rd and 5th IMOCA class in the double handed transAtlantic classic The Transat Jaques Vabre (co-skippers; 2001 Mark Turner and 2003 Samantha Davies), 4th IMOCA class 2004 Solo Transat, 1st Verve Cup (Chicago), 1st Key West Race Week, 1st Hamilton Island Race Week, 1st Corum Cup Hong Kong, current holder of Around Hong Kong Island speed record, 1st China Cup, 1st EDS Atlantic Challenge, a founding member of sailing sports industry agencies OC Sport and Molokai Group Limited and more.

ENGAGING AUDIENCES
It is becoming increasingly challenging for large scale businesses to engage with stakeholders, clients, new business prospects and others.  There is also a growing shortage of those with credible history and experience who are willing to share their stories or have the charisma and energy to properly articulate and deliver an engaging and inspiring media audience connection.

STORY TELLING
Nick enhances events through memorable experiences. His delivery is genuine and emotionally charged. When Nick takes his audience on a story telling journey, he takes them to places where many have never been and most will never go. His stories are unique, engaging and unforgettable.

BRAND REPRESENTATION
Nick is available to work for your business; engage teams, distributors and clients. He can become a representative of your brand through client engagement, fundraising, CSR and other business events.

The olympic quest

There are some things that enter a child’s heart and simply never leave. Nick has teamed up with Adrienne Cahalan OAM and formed a campaign towards the new Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore Olympic Class Medal to be firstly awarded in Paris Olympics 2024.

To learn more about how you can support Adrienne and Nick on this unique sporting and personal quest, please visit the Olympic page on this site.

Adrienne is a low profile, high achiever. You will not find her on social media but this video gives you an insight into the career and life of this remarkable sailor.