60 Seconds with Grant Lovelady

This week new member Grant Lovelady gets grilled by Tory Epsworth:

How old were you when you first stepped on a boat?

Sailing since 7 yrs old, Pelicans in Perth. Family all been into sailing.

If money (& sailing ability) were no limit, what boat would you buy?

Another Laser, maybe a new Etchells. A TP52 would be cool.

What is your sailing goal?

To continuously learn and improve.

Tell us the back story to your Laser's name?

Grunt ‘n Groan [sounds rather self-explanatory to me —Ed.]

If you could add any ingredient to our already world’s best toasties – what would it be?

I hear they are already pretty good.

What are your second/ third favourite hobbies (obviously assuming sailing holds the #1 spot)?

Ocean swimming, being outdoors.

Describe what you do for work in less than 5 words?

Management Consultant / Advisor / Program Director.

What's the dream destination for your next trip? And why?

Italy, anywhere sailing.

What’s your favourite TV show, movie, and or book?

“Breaking Bad”. Books: reading “Second Fleet”, “1788”, and “Batavia”

Tell us something interesting about yourself that members of the club don’t know?

I was a long-time DBSC member in the 2000s. I moved back to Perth with the family but still worked east based out of Melbourne and now Sydney again. Nice to be back at the world’s best Laser club.

Grant grunting and groaning