Mechanical engineering student, boat-builder, skipper and owner of Asurnaí, Cóilín Óg has been a member of the club since it started. He is a talented traditional sailor and holds a Day Skipper qualification.
Cóilín Óg began crewing aboard Nóra Bheag since about 5 years of age and in recent years, started skippering Nóra Bheag, using the wisdom and knowledge he obtained from his father Cóilín to safely sail and race the boat in the Galway Hooker Association regattas. Cóilín Óg helmed his first win at 14 years of age at Cruinniú na mBád, Kinvara.
Cóilín Óg spends his spare time learning and obtaining the various skills and traditions taught by his older brother, Éinde, and their father, Cóilín. These traditions include boat building, sail measuring and cutting as well as the wooden pulley blocks which he now manufactures himself. He also specialises in rigging and is on hand to coach our crew on traditional sailing techniques.