The Boat Princess Podcast

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In this series, Nicky shares her valuable insight and experiences about Boating, Yachting,the Boating Lifestyle and working in the Boating Industry. With a personal goal to engage more people in the industry and see more women behind the helm, in her intro you’ll get to know and love the Boat Princess as we do. She interviews interesting and entertaining guests from all aspects of the boating industry from superyachts to marinas, from entrepreneurs to CEO’s, all with fascinating stories, plus some incredible high achieving women in boating like Kay Cottee the first woman to perform a single handed, non-stop and unassisted circulation of the world and Lisa Blair the record holder for Antarctica’s circumnavigation.

We are excited to welcome Nicky Vaux to the Podcast world. Introducing Nicky might take a while to scan through her many achievements, accolades and acknowledgements.

You can follow Nicky and live vicariously through her instagram
@theboatprincess or see her website www.theboatprincess.com for details on how to collaborate your brand with her, be interviewed on the podcast, have her video or review a boat for you or join her at one of her amazing events.

Nicky is a Partner of Empire Marinas Group, owners of Empire Marina Bobbin Head, Sydney’s most awarded marina and Empire Marina Lake Macquarie, Lake Macquarie’s largest marina.

She is a multiple boat owner, Partner in 3 Freedom boat clubs, former board member of the MIA and believes the more people we have out on the water boating the happier the world will be. She loves connecting people that can help each other in business or enhance their lifestyle with the right brands and holding events to bring people together in a safe and positive environment to help each other rise. Her love is educating others on all things boating and boats, and helping others into the industry and lifestyle she loves. A rising tide lifts all boats.

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Wednesday Dec 31, 2025

Leading The Magenta Project - My conversation with Victoria Low the CEO

Wednesday Dec 31, 2025

I am finishing off 2025 with a very important guest who leads an incredibly inspirational project that is dear to my heart in my continuous goal to have more women join me in the boating industry and boating generally.

Victoria Low and I met in 2023 at the ICOMIA Congress in La Rochelle. I interviewed her then but she's since changed to lead an incredibly important project she was actually part of the creation of 10 years ago.

A meeting after a sailing event which illustrated that the guys were being given opportunities for employment but women were not....inspired some incredible women to create a group which had an aspiration to "Create a group to change the world".

The Magenta Project has this on it's website:

Sailing is a unique sport—a test of skill, endurance, and the interplay

between humans, technology, and nature. It is one of few professional

sports where men and women compete together. Yet, despite this,

only 5% of professional sailors are women, and a mere 3%

represented across the entire marine industry.

Across the marine industry, from the intense environment onboard

race boats to the practical settings of boatyards and the wider marine

industry, women navigate a complex landscape of challenges that

mirror those of the corporate boardroom.

These hurdles extend beyond simple discrimination, encompassing

limited access to opportunities, support, difficulties in obtaining

certifications, and the pervasive impact of systemic bias.

Recognising these inequities, The Magenta Project, an

award-winning global charity, is dedicated to building a

sustainable network and implementing impactful programmes.

Our mission is simple: to ensure greater equity and inclusion

for women in the sport and the wider marine industry,

by working to dismantle the barriers that hinder their full

participation and advancement.

You can see more about them here:

https://themagentaproject.org/

Big thanks to Sunseeker International and Sunseeker London group

for hosting us on their beautiful Sunseeker 74 at Southampton Boat Show.

https://www.sunseekerlondon.com/

https://www.southamptonboatshow.com/

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