For many a career change means a new start, but few can have been as dramatic as Sinéad O'Sullivan's pivot.
Feeling burnt-out after 10 years as an aerospace engineer, also working on financial, business and geopolitical issues, she landed on a new role - sailing the seas competitively.
The Armagh woman said she was inspired to try and break into a traditionally male-dominated field by female sailors like Joan Molloy, Catherine Hunt and Pamela Lee.