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School of Accountancy Conference 2017
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Tracy Prows
Tracy Prows spent most of his youth in New Zealand where he gained a love for the sea, for sailing and for rugby. After a mission in New Zealand he attended BYU, graduating in Accounting in 1982. After licensing as a CPA in Utah and practicing in a regional firm, he moved into the microcomputer-based accounting-systems market and spent his career with small companies as a controller and a systems consultant. He currently maintains his tax and accounting practice as an Enrolled Agent. Tracy also has an MBA in International Finance, and is a Merchant Marine Officer with a 100 ton USCG Captain’s License. He is married to Christa (Chivers) who holds a Masters Degree in Outdoor Recreation from BYU and is the heart of the family adventures.
In 1999 he and Christa sold their house and homestead in Bear River City, Utah, and purchased a 60 foot catamaran sailboat which they named “S/V Liahona.” They and their 7 children then embarked for the Caribbean, where they spent the next several years. Their children were “boat schooled” and became an accomplished crew of “swabbies” – skilled at doing everything from boatyard scavenging to steering at the helm. Tracy advised the Port Authority of Jamaica on the building of a new megayacht marina in Port Antonio, a marina which he also ran during its initial 18 months of operation. During this time, “The Liahona” was docked on Navy Island, a 56 acre uninhabited tropical island once owned and developed by Errol Flynn. The Prows’ live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and are staging for their next voyage across the Pacific Ocean to Micronesia this November.