60 seconds with Mark Gray
Guest User
He sure has taken his time to do his Q&A, but the timing is impeccable given our session with Malcolm Page on Wednesday. Also, check out those socks from the 1980s!
How old were you when you first stepped on a boat?
8 years old. I did a learn to sail course over the 1985/86 season at Hunters Hill Sailing Club with my older brother. My first sail there was in a Manly Junior with the then recently-crowned Australian National MJ Champion, Malcolm Page.
If money (& sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy?
Beneteau Oceanis 50 or something similar.
What is your sailing goal?
Sailing holidays in the Mediterranean with family and friends.
Tell us the back story to your laser's name?
I bought my Laser second hand and liked the name it came with - "Zone". When I eventually buy a new Laser, it will be named "Zone II", as a tribute to the transport zone in which my (now) wife and I lived in London after Uni.
If you could add any ingredient to our already world’s best toasties – what would it be?
Focaccia
What are your second/ third favourite hobbies (obviously assuming sailing holds the #1 spot)
Skiing and Swimming.
Describe what you do for work in less than 5 words?
International Banking & Law.
What’s the first international flight you are going to book post Covid-19? And why?
Japan. To see friends, ski and hang out in hot springs.
What’s your favourite TV show, movie, and or book?
Shawshank Redemption.
Tell us something interesting about yourself that members of the club don’t know?
I speak Japanese and worked as an interpreter for CBS Television at the 1998 Nagano Olympic games. I spent 2 months on skis going up and down the Downhill course helping the team prepare for and film the Downhill skiing events.
