My interview with Bruce Kirby
Bruce Kirby is a sailing legend. A former Montreal Star editor, he's designed more than 60 sailboats, including the Laser -- probably the world's most popular racing boat.
Kirby was here in St. Margaret's Bay (where I live, near Halifax) for the 2009 Nautel World Laser Championships last week. I interviewed him for a report I did on the event for CBC Radio One's Information Morning.
We talked about why the Laser is so popular, the rock star treatment Kirby (now 80) gets whenever he attends sailing events, and his current sailing activities. He struck me as a modest guy, still genuinely surprised by the success of the Laser.
I only got to use a tiny bit of the interview in my radio piece. You can listen to the rest here (it's an mp3 that runs about 7 minutes).
Kirby was here in St. Margaret's Bay (where I live, near Halifax) for the 2009 Nautel World Laser Championships last week. I interviewed him for a report I did on the event for CBC Radio One's Information Morning.
We talked about why the Laser is so popular, the rock star treatment Kirby (now 80) gets whenever he attends sailing events, and his current sailing activities. He struck me as a modest guy, still genuinely surprised by the success of the Laser.
I only got to use a tiny bit of the interview in my radio piece. You can listen to the rest here (it's an mp3 that runs about 7 minutes).
Labels: CBC, Halifax, My work, Sailing, St. Margaret's Bay
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