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SheSails Leadership Conference 2023 - My Take Aways

4 October 2023
Over 450 participants joined this year’s SheSails Leadership Conference 2023, a 1.5-hour event, delivered by webinar, focused on professional and volunteer pathways for women in the sport of sailing and aimed to inspire those interested in beginning or furthering a career in the industry to achieve their goals. Featuring an incredible lineup of keynote speakers from the Australian Sailing Team…
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SIBS 2023

8 August 2023
Many have suggested to me over the past few years that boat shows, in Australia at least, have been showing less and less sailing. I think we would all be lying to ourselves if we argued against that. Cue the inaugural Sydney International Boat Show 2023 Discover Sailing & Paddling Hub, which included not only a space to showcase sail and paddle, but a stage in public domain in front of…
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Forget World Oceans Day. Remember the Ocean Every Day.

8 June 2023
Sailors are urged to think about their connection with the place where we spend time and gain enjoyment and remember the ocean every day, not just World Oceans Day by cultivating a daily awareness of the seas, sailors and other water sport enthusiasts can make small decisions that have a cumulative impact on these invaluable ecosystems and become more conscious of their impact on the fragile…
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Adventures Weekly: Jessica Watson

10 November 2020
With the Vendée Globe in focus this week, it was brilliant to have Jessica Watson on our Adventures Weekly show on Friday to chat about her incredible record-breaking solo non-stop and unassisted round-the-world adventure ten years ago as a 16-year-old. Jess in her words is an “ordinary girl who went out and achieved her goals”, a great way to look at life and how you can break it all…
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An adventure with Blind Sailing UK

14 October 2019
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to help out Blind Sailing UK when they raced in the final of the British Keelboat League. This was a first for blind sailors, qualifying to race against 21 other able-bodied teams from all over the UK. I have to say, that what this whole team do is incredibly humbling and inspiring, and it was entertaining but also lovely that so many, even up until the second…
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Big Boat wrap!

13 December 2018
What a day it was this year for the Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge! We took on a whole new level of broadcasting, and while we did have a few intermissions brought to you by “Telstra” (in the words of David Turton) we still managed to put together a great day, with awesome commentary. Check out the videos below in order to see what we got up to, and again a massive thanks to…
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RPAYC Pathways Panel: Lighting of the Fire in more ways than one

26 May 2018
Each year the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) holds their annual “Lighting of the Fire” event, a tradition to kick start Friday evening club drinks over the winter season. Last night, 25 May the event was held in conjunction with a fundraiser for the Olympic campaign of Australia’s current “Female Sailors of the Year”, Tash Bryant and Annie Wilmot. The fire…
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Buoyed Up in Canberra!

8 December 2017
The Buoyed Up Fundraiser was a fantastic event at the Canberra Yacht Club this week with guest speaker Jimmy Spithill. For me personally, it was humbling to be back at one of my home Yacht Clubs and help with the work that they are doing to make positive change through the sport of sailing. Buoyed Up with Tackers, is an initiative which assists vulnerable, at-risk children aged 7-12 years to…
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