The Afterguard’s Afterlife

Jim Brady was at the peak of his professional sailing career when he stepped off the international stage and disappeared into the corporate world. When the timing is right, however, he might be back.

MARK CHISNELL

Jim Brady had the kind of sailing career that ambitious young Optimist sailors dream about—world champion, Olympic medalist, America’s Cup tactician and Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. But these days, you’ll find him pottering with the family in his picnic boat on Portland’s Casco Bay. Brady grew up in Florida, son of an Air Force pilot and colonel. “We were fortunate enough to live on the water in Florida, so I always had an interest in being not just in the water, but on the water as well,” he says. It was his father that introduced the family to sailing with the purchase of a Hobie Cat when Brady was 8 years old. “One thing led to another, and I guess this was probably about 1978 when the J/24 came…

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