Shane Diviney is “Sailor of the Month (International)” for February 2022

1st March 2022

Shane Diviney - his breadth of experience at the sharp end of international campaigning is in a league of its own

If you’re seeking an able, experienced and notably successful crewman in a wide variety of top-level craft, then seasoned international campaigner Shane Diviney of Howth is your man. Whether it’s the special skills needed to handle a large classic gaff-rigged 15 metre, or an experimentally-rigged offshore multi-hull, or a front-line canting keel IOR challenger, then Diviney is on the list. The final week of February saw him add to his successes with the overall win the RORC Caribbean 600 aboard the Pac52 Warrior Won, which is owned by American Chris Sheehan. So with Sheehan and Diviney on the strength, we’ve a Diaspora Dividend in making Shane our “Sailor of the Month (International)” for February.

“Diaspora Dividend” – RORC Caribbean 600 overall winner Warrior Won had Sheehan as the owner and Diviney as a key member in the crew.

Published in Sailor of the Month, Howth YC, Caribbean 600

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