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World-renowned sailor Ken Read details finding the dream ride of a career
In my early days of sailmaking , I ’ d wake up in the morning to go to work , but work was a hobby ,” begins Ken Read , President of North Sails . “ Now , though , our business is the world ' s leading and largest sailmaker , producing sails that nobody else in the industry can replicate . It ’ s a nice advantage to have .
“ Some of us are born to be doctors , lawyers , or diplomats . When I was born , however , my destiny was to figure out how to make boats go faster . It ’ s not a path they teach you in school , but it ’ s led to a hell of a career .”
Ken got into the sailmaking industry straight out of Boston University , where he was a three-time collegiate All-American . After a few years working , cutting his teeth
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