# Nick Moloney

Nick Moloney is an Australian professional yachtsman, born on 5 May 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. Having completed 3 circumnavigation and set 15 speed records and competed in pinnacle yachting events.

## Race result highlights

| Pos | Year | Event | Class | Boat | Note |
| Round the World Race |||||||
| 7th | 1997 | 1997–1998 Whitbread Round the World Race | Volvo 60 | Toshiba | Skippered by Dennis Conner |
| Abandon | 2000 | The Race | Maxi catamaran | PlayStation | Owned and skipper by Steve Fossett (USA) |
| WR | 2002 | Jules Verne Trophy | Maxi catamaran | Orange | Skipper by Bruno Peyron (FRA) |
| Abandon | 2004 | 2004–2005 Vendée Globe | IMOCA 60 | Skandia | |
| Trans Oceanic Races |||||||
| 3rd | 2001 | Transat Jacques Vabre | IMOCA 60 | Casto-Darty-But | with Mark Turner (GBR) |
| 1 | 2002 | Route du Rhum | IMOCA 50 | Ashfield Healthcare | |
| 5 | 2003 | Défi Atlantique | IMOCA 60 | Team Cowes | |
| 6 | 2003 | Transat Jacques Vabre | IMOCA 60 | Team Cowes | with Samantha Davies (GBR) |
| 4 | 2004 | 2004 The Transat | IMOCA 60 | Skandia | |
| Other Races |||||||
| Eliminated | 1992 | 1992 America's Cup Challenger Series | IACC | Team Australia | |
| Eliminated | 1995 | 1995 America's Cup Challenger Series | IACC | One Australia | reached the challenger finals |
| 1st | 1997 | 1997 Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race | | | |
| - | 1998 | First Person to Windsurfing across the Bass Strait in 22 hours | First Person to Windsurfing across the Bass Strait in 22 hours | First Person to Windsurfing across the Bass Strait in 22 hours | First Person to Windsurfing across the Bass Strait in 22 hours |
| 1st | 2001 | 2001 EDS Atlantic Challenge | IMOCA 60 | Kingfisher | with Ellen MacArthur (GBR) |
| 6 | 2008 | iShares Cup | Extreme 40 | BT | |
| 6 | 2009 | iShares Cup | Extreme 40 | BT | |
| - | 2015 | Windsurfing Hong Kong to Macau | Windsurfing Hong Kong to Macau | Windsurfing Hong Kong to Macau | Windsurfing Hong Kong to Macau |

## Biography

* Skandia, 2005 Fastnet
* Orange II
* Orange II
He began his professional sailing career with two America's Cup campaigns in 1992 and 1995 alongside John Bertrand. At the Louis-Vuitton Cup in San Diego on 5 March 1995 the Australian boat One Australia sank during the fourth round.
He made his first round-the-world trip as a crew member on the American boat Toshiba a Volvo 60 competing in the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race which was project managed by America Cup legend Dennis Conner who also became skipper for the later part of the race.
In 1998, he became the first to windsurfer across the Bass Strait, which lies between mainland Australia and Tasmania in a time of 22 hours.
In 2001, he won the EDS Atlantic Challenge on board the IMOCA 60, Kingfisher with Ellen MacArthur who skippered for the first three stages before Moloney himself took over skipper responsibilities. He later that year again on Kingfisher finished 3rd in the two person transatlantic race the Transat Jacques-Vabre.
In 2002 he was part of Bruno Peyron crew setting a new none stop round the world sailing record on the maxi catamaran Orange II. The time taken was 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes beating the previous record by more than a week and also claiming the Jules Verne Trophy.
In 2004 he started the 2004–2005 Vendée Globe on the IMOCA 60 called Skandia which previously completed the race under the name Kingfisher with Ellen MacArthur. He struggled with various technical issues culminating on 28 January 2005 having completed the majority of the race his keel fell off and he was forced to retire. He left the boat for repair in Brazil, then came back to pick up the boat several months later and unofficially complete the race course.
In 2020 at the age of 52 he announced he wanted to compete in proposed offshore mixed discipline at the 2024 Summer Olympics for Australia to be held in Marseille and was teaming up with high-profile offshore navigator Adrienne Cahalan.

## Books

Moloney, Nick (17 May 2004). Chasing the Dawn: Capturing the Trophee Jules Verne. Navigator Guides. p. 192. ISBN 978-1903872086.

## Film director

He directed a documentary Wild Colonial Boy released in Australia on 10 March 2000, which was filmed in Brittany and Gijon, Spain, recounting preparations for a crossing of the Atlantic.