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Brad Urie North of the Border

Thu, 26th Mar 2009
By Chuck Skewes


Brad Urie North of the Border

Brad Joined the Ullman Sails team in 2008.  He is our Vancouver Island representative.  Brad has been sailing for 40 years.  He started sailing with his father racing every weekend while he was growing up.  He started sailing his own boats at age 10 and was untouchable in the Sabot for years.  Later he moved on to Lasers and Fireballs.

Brad is our numbers guy.  He has a degree in Certified General Accounting, an MA at Royal Roads University, and is currently finishing and MBA as well as being an associate faculty at Royal Roads University.

Brad and his family cruise in the beautiful Gulf Islands of British Columbia every chance they get.  According to Brad this is the best cruising in the world there is not really a reason to cruise any where else.

You can contact Brad Urie for additional information on Ullman Sails at (250) 516-9668


This article was posted on Thu, 26th Mar 2009