60 Seconds with Nick Alexander
Diana Chen
1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? 8 yrs old, steering my dads Corsair on a lake in Mount Isa North QLD whilst he was launching the spinnaker and yelling at me not to gybe it on him
2. If money (and sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy? A submarine as I don’t like yachts
3. What is your ultimate sailing goal? To be healthy enough to race Lasers beyond 75
4. Tell us the story behind the name of your Laser? I always had serious names for my teenage boats so I named my boat after my old cat Ralphy who nearly made it to 18
5. If you could add any ingredient to DBSC's world’s best toasties – what would it be? More cheese – over cooked and oozing out the sides
6. What are your second/third favourite hobbies (assuming sailing is #1)? Reading and science
7. Describe what you do for work in less than five words? Watch numbers go up and down
8. What is the first international destination you will travel to (once we're allowed) and why? Wherever the next Master worlds are and warm
9. What is your favourite TV show, movie, and/or book? All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
10. Tell us something interesting about yourself that members of the club don’t know? I am a beekeeper of European and Australian Native bees
The last race of the 1991 420 nationals