Brad Gibson
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.


 


Victoria McNulty
Born in Birkenhead, Victoria has grown up within the model yachting scene in the UK.
Summer holidays were always spent from an early age traveling with the family across the country to vane sailing championships. Her first yacht was a Stollery Choppa, a free sailing design that has seen dozens of kids introduced to our sport over many years. Once old enough, Victoria then crewed vane models with her father Bernie, until at the age 16 she decided to take up radio sailing. An old "Bubbles 2" IOM design was built up and was raced at club level.
In 2005 with her experience growing, Victoria set out to build a more competitive boat so began building her Widget under the fantastic guidance of David Creed and Martin Roberts. It is this boat that she still sails today and yes, the very same boat that convinced Brad to build to the same design for Marseille after borrowing it for the 2006 Croatian Nationals.
As a Mechanical Engineering graduate and daughter of one of the UK's top manufacturer of Model Yacht fittings, Victoria brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to bg sails and design
 


Brad and Victoria Vane A Sailing
Fleetwood, UK 2007