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A surprising number of clients we've approached to garner interest around our Palm Beach syndicate have said flat out "I don't share my toys". Fair! Own it! So to speak. Hear me out... how often have you received a call from me (sorry!) or a mechanic, or an electrician, who has told you that you're up for another $20k out of nowhere? To fix an engine issue or a thruster here or there. No one wants that call. If you enter into a syndicate, the call is replaced with an email th

Last month I attended the Sydney Boat Show Women's Event hosted by Nicky Vaux. We discussed the future of women in boating with Tracy Souris the newly appointed Director of the BIA - the Boating Industry Association. According to the BIA’s latest State of the Industry report, Australia’s boating sector generated an extroadinary $10.2 billion in national turnover during 2024–25, showcasing year on year growth. The industry now supports approximately 35,000 jobs across more tha

What is the point of Safe Harbour you ask? Shaun and I have launched Safe Harbour: a community united against violence towards women, a flotilla of yachts that will peacefully pass from Athol Bay under the Harbour bridge, around Goat island and back on November 21st from 10am. We were compelled to do this, because we witnessed violence towards a female colleague of only 19 years old, attempted intimidation, sexual harrassment and intentional bullying at one of our own marinas