Charlie Enright (born 10 September 1984) is an American sailor who has competed in the Volvo Ocean Race.
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| Born | 10 September 1984 Rhode Island, United States |
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| College team |  Brown University |
Born in Rhode Island, Enright attended Brown University.[1] He sailed in the 2011 and 2019 Fastnet Race, winning the latter, and worked for North Sails.[2][3]
Enright and Mark Towill co-founded Team Alvimedica which sailed in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race. Originally intended to be an all-American team, the team was American/Turkish flagged after sponsorship from Alvimedica.[4][5][6] They were the youngest team in the fleet.[7] Enright skippered the team and, after leading the fleet around Cape Horn and winning the final leg,[8] they finished fifth overall.[9]
Enright sailed in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, skippering Vestas 11th Hour Racing and finished fifth overall.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
He also competed in the 2019 addition of the Transat Jacques Vabre, partnering with French skipper Pascal Bidégorry.[16] They also competed in the Azimut Challenge (Le Défi Azimut) that year.[17]
In his third consecutive challenge for Ocean Race, Charlie Enright skippered 11th Hour Racing team again and won the series. He finished second on Leg 1 (Alicante-Cabo Verde) and third on Leg 2 (Cabo Verde-Cape Town) and Leg 3 (CapeTown-Itajai). He won Leg 4 (Itajai-Newport), Leg 5 (Newport-Aarhus) and Leg 6 (Aarhus-Hague). He was the favorite to win the 7th and last leg of the race. (Hague-Genoa) The team was leading the overall race with just one leg to go, when, on June 25, 2023 in The Hague, just 27 minutes after the start, the team was forced to retire from the final leg, following a no-fault collision with a competing team. The team put in a request for redress to the World Sailing International Jury and, following the hearing this morning, Thursday, June 29, the Jury has awarded 11th Hour Racing Team 4 points of redress, which gives them 37 points and a first place on the overall race leaderboard.
References
edit- ^ "Charlie Enright - North Sails". Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Charlie Enright". Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Sailing Results". www.rolexfastnetrace.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "afraid of americans?". Sailing Anarchy. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Volvo Ocean Race: Getting to know Team Alvimedica >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Team Alvimedica: Moving in the right direction >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Making the Band: Team Alvimedica >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "American Duo Working on Return to the Show >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Charlie Enright". Volvo Ocean Race. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "11th Hour Racing Announces New Team". www.sailingworld.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Getting Back to the Start Line >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Returning to the Volvo Ocean Race >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "A Q&A with Charlie Enright about his recently announced VOR campaign".
- ^ "Charlie Enright and Mark Towill Enter Volvo Ocean Race". www.sailnewport.org. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Fourth Volvo Ocean Race entry announced as Vestas return". 22 March 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Charlie Enright: "Our boat won't do the Vendée Globe"". Tip & Shaft. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "Pascal Bidégorry and Charlie Enright to co-skipper 11th Hour Racing in Transat Jacques Vabre". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.