MARINE DESIGN

Richard McBride is the principal designer at McBride Design. His career in boat design has evolved from a series of practical working experiences - work on fishing boats, as a contractor on major (and remote) road construction projects, as a deer-culler, miner, cattle musterer and even a dog handler/photographer in Antarctica. Add to that Richard's experience as a solo round-the-world yachtsman in the very first boat he built, the 'City of Dunedin', and you have a very practical thinker and problem solver. The long days on a boat, alone in a huge ocean, reinforced the importance of planning and attention to detail. "I spent hours feeling the way the water moved around that boat, pondering little changes I could make right away, and bigger things I might do differently the next time around. Boat design is all about constant review - listening to what the current boats are telling you, thinking about how to improve each little thing".

Richard is also an enthusastic photographer and artist, and of course he still loves to get out on the water!