jULY/AUGUST 2018 BCBusiness 123
M
ike Weston found
his sea legs not
long after he
started school. The 73-year-old
owner of Victoria-based Cube
Global Storage rst navigated
the water at age six, on his
parents' yacht.
Soon he was building rafts
and rowing out to Discovery
Island from his childhood
home in Victoria's Uplands
neighbourhood. In those days,
Weston recalls, the di‚erence
between a house on waterfront
Beach Drive (where his mom
and dad eventually settled)
and one inland was about
$1,000.
Since then, he's gone
through about 10 yachts, he
estimates. His current vessel?
A 65-foot Monk McQueen
named Virginia Marie that was
built in 1972 and is reportedly
in "perfect condition." That
last fact is notable, given that
Weston's boats don't sit in the
harbour gathering rust and
seagull droppings. He regu-
larly nds time to take Virginia
Marie, along with four or ve
family members, on long voy-
ages, sometimes sailing as far
as Alaska.
"It's a beautiful trip, and
if you do the Inside Passage
there's so much protection,"
says Weston, referring to the
winding route through the
coastal islands often traversed
by ferries and cruise ships.
He believes yachting helped
NIK WEST
All for Yacht
The B.C. coast has been Cube Global Storage
founder Mike Weston's playground for more
than 65 years
by Nathan Caddell
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mike Weston is founder
and owner of Cube global
Storage, which incorpo-
rated in 1987. today, the
company employs more
than 200 people at offices
in victoria and vancouver.
Cube global securely
stores items, documents
and data, both physical
and digital. It also acts as
a disaster recovery site by
providing space for clients
to run their business after a
catastrophic event such as
an earthquake or a fire.
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