Wendy McBride.

Wendy grew up in a sailing family from Victoria and moved to West Vancouver and taught sailing in the early 1970's  Between the years of 1972 and 1977 she raced on the UBC Sailing Team and went to the North American Finals in 1977. Wendy was the Area H Rep four times for the Adams Cup Women's North American Championships. In 2009 Wendy tied for 1st in the Canadian Women's Keelboat  Championships.

Wendy started work as a sailmaker in 1975 at the North Sails Spinnaker Loft .  In  1981 she started full time at Leitch and McBride in Sidney.

An avid cruising sailor Wendy and Rick have traveled over  30,000 miles sailing the West Coast.