Gordon Maguire is Sailor of the Month (International) for December

2nd January 2020

Four times Hobart race winner Gordon Maguire is now Australian, but maintains close links with family and friends in Ireland and worldwide.

With his fourth overall win provided by the big-fleet 75th Rolex Sydney-Hobart race, Gordon Maguire was officially described at the prize-giving in Hobart as one of the world’s greatest offshore racers.

This latest victory is only one of the peaks in an exceptional career which - while it is now largely focused on Australia - has seen him achieve success globally, including wins in the Volvo Ocean Race.

Although now an Australian citizen, he maintains close links with family and friends in Ireland and is an inspiration to ocean racers worldwide.

Published in Sailor of the Month, Offshore, Howth YC, Sydney to Hobart

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