1. How old are you?
38
2. What is your job? What is your commercial activity in the world of radiosailing, if any?
Since 1999 I have been in full time employment in the Radio Sailing business formerly as BG Radio Yachts and Sails and now known as BG Sails & Design.
3. How and when did you begin to sail in general? and sail in RC?
Sailing Dinghies since the age of 6. First RC boat at age 12. Born in to the sport with both parents from skiff sailing families.
4. Where do you usually sail? What is the frequency?
Birkenhead in North West UK. We sail each weekend at our club with many other organised races throughout the UK in different RC classes also.
5. What model is your current boat? What is the marks of your current sails?
At present I have 3 boats. Widget, Arrival and new modified Reggae of my own design to also try. BG Sails. 
6. What international awards have you achieved?
- 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th IOM World Championships 2003-2009
- 6th European IOM Championships 2004
- 5th World Marblehead Championsips 2006 also Sportsman Award
- 2nd, 3rd , 4th Australian IOM Championship 2003-2005
- 1st UK IOM Championship 2009
- 2nd Croatian IOM Championship 2006
- 2nd 18 Foot Skiff World Championships 1997
- 2nd 18 Foot Skiff European Championships 2007
7. Besides RC, do you usually sail in other classes?
I stepped away from Skiff and Dinghy sailing in Australia in 1998 after 22 years and have only sailed on rare occasions since in full size boats since. My last time racing Skiffs was on lake Garda Italy in June 2007
8. What exercises or hobbies do you practices to improve your skill in radiosailing?
More Radio Sailing. No substitute for practice against good sailors
9. What do you consider the most important action to increase the number of participants in radiosailing?
- - Good quality equipment being available to newcomers at reduced lead times
- - Continued exposure through exibitions and shows
- - Improved conduct between competitors
10. You can add any other comments you would like
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Thanks a lot
From the web: http://www.bgsailsanddesign.com/
Sailing has always been the sport in Brad’s life from early childhood.
Brad’s sailing career dates back to the early 1980′s where he began in the Flying Ant dinghy class on Botany Bay in Sydney’s south. Over the next decade and a half he skippered boats to considerable success in many classes including Cherubs, 14 and 18 foot skiffs.
Early lessons learned through building boats with grandfather Len Riley, then rigging/tuning sails and spars to them with sailmaker father Kerry set a platform to Brad’s sailing career.
Since the age of 12, Brad has also been actively involved in Radio Controlled Yachts. Racing in Sydney’s south, his first new yacht was an East Coast 12 metre kit during the mid 80′s. In late 1997 after much time taken up with 18 foot skiff sailing, he returned and borrowed a mould and built his first International One Metre. Not long after launching this boat, he knew with his skiff/dinghy racing background he could design and build his own boats and sails to be competitive with anything on the market.
With over 11 years of supplying radio yachting products and racing, Brad still enjoys all levels of competition in this wonderful sport
