The Boat Princess Podcast

On the stands of The Miami Boat Show with Suzuki, Yamaha and Mercury Marine

Hey Everyone, I'm coming to you from the Miami Boat Show in this episode. Following on from ICOMIA episode with Darren Vaux and Jeff Wasil, where they share the research and commitment by the marine industry to not only invest in sustainability but the development of products that improve the environmentally outcomes. 

This is four quick catchup interviews with Suzuki, Mercury and Yamaha who share with me the technology and advancements in renewables, drop in fuels and ethanol's that can reduce the carbon footprint for the fleet of 12 million registered vehicles, by 15%.

Suzuki Marine

Brandon Cerka General Manager of Sales and Marketing 
Jason Stimmel  Manager for Suzuki Marine Technical Dept of USA 

Together they share the company vision and objectives of the environment sustainability project Ocean Clean Up, changes in packaging from plastic to paper, and the installation of micro plastic collections device on engines that actually collects micro plastics as you are cruising down the waterway. Further to this Suzuki has partnered with the plastic collections who you can send what plastics are collected to make your own plastic bracelet.  We sum up with all things Electrification and Hydrogen, EcoGen93 Fuel, Renewable and Ethanol Blend. 

Yamaha Marine

Dr Grant Suzuki - USA Chief of Technology shares the launch of the innovative world first hydrogen powered outboard motor options with cleaner technology and future carbon neutral.  Grant shared his story and studies that lead him to the marine industry. 

Brad Massey - Yamaha Right Waters are the four pillars of sustainability. These are key objectives to support policy and regulations that are good for the environment and customers, which translates into involving them in the improvements and innovations that are a part of the solutions such as reef restorations.  

Mercury Marine

Dan Wright - Senior Category Manager of Electrification rattles off the long list of innovative outboard motors that Mercury have introduced and will be releasing onto the market in the future for smaller marine craft. 

As usual you can find out more at www.theboatprincess.com

I am so grateful to be able to bring this Miami 2024 update to you and share with our worldwide audience the bright future that is closer than a Bondi Beach horizon in Summer. 

 

Sitting on the dock of the bay with Jeff Wasil talking all things gaseous emissions, bioassay analysis, life-cycle emissions and alternative fuels

Jeff Wasil is the Director of the National Marine Manufactures Association (NMMA) and I caught up with him at the recent Miami Boat Show.  Not only is he responsible for environment, health, and safety at the NMMA he also leads global marine regulatory development and is a key member of marine industry technical projects.

With over 20 years of experience in emissions compliance, he was the perfect guest to follow ICOMIA President Darren Vaux's podcast where over two episode he shared the findings and learnings that Jeff goes deep and wide about in this episode.

Jeff serves as the Chairman of the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) Marine Engine Committee. He is the Chairman of the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) Board of Directors. He has also served as a project leader for NMMA’s marine greenhouse gas emissions task force.

In the last fifteen years this has let him to publish and present many technical papers on marine emissions including particulate matter, gaseous emissions, bioassay analysis, life-cycle emissions and alternative fuels even testifying before the U.S Congressional Committee on Science Space and Technology.

We talk all things ethanol-extended fuels and biofuels such as biobutanol and report Propelling Our Future.

Jeff is an avid lifetime boater and understands and appreciates the joys of recreational boating and in not surprisingly he grew up boating and fishing. What I loved about this conversation was Jeff's unique ability to break-down complex technical issues into easily understood topics and his humbleness in receiving multiple Environmental Awards including The Business Friend of the Environment Award, Green Masters Award, and The Earth Day Sustainability Award.

You can find any one of his 100+ published articles and media including the Washington Examiner, Journal Sentinel, Boat US Magazine, Boating industry, Trade Only, Journal Times, as well as multiple outdoor recreation magazines.

Or here on Linkedin

Thanks again for listening and we are now looking for a few guests for the second half of the year so please reach out to me at www.theboatprincess.com if you would like to share your story. 

See you on the water soon. 

Nicky xx

The Boat Princess 

 

 

Finding a pathway to Decarbonisation for the Recreational Marine Industry with Darren Vaux Part 2

And we are back with Part 2 of my conversation with Darren Vaux, President of ICOMIA where he continues to unpack the research undertaken by Ricardo plc, a leading
global engineering consulting firm, into the pathways to decarbonisation for the recreational marine industry.  This project outlines the objective measures of contributory impacts and sustainability. 

Since 1966, the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) has helped move the boating community forward, advancing cutting-edge innovations and mobilising the industry to create a better boating experience. Our love for boating is fundamentally reliant on a healthy and sustainable marine environment, and we must take care of it to ensure the experiences boating provides can be enjoyed for generations to come. 

A big thankyou goes to ICOMIA for taking part in this podcast series that is all about every nook and cranny of the boating and marine industry with the aim to share and encourage greater participation of our natural environment. 

Acknowledgements are extended to the 

Report Authors
Ricardo: Albert Zenié, Katie Lam, Rachel Jobson, Sam Hinton, Nikos
Vasileiadis, Tim Scarbrough, Sofia Condes, Nick Powell
ICOMIA: Jeff Wasil

Report Contributors
Ricardo: Richard Osborne, Philip Hopwood, John Hughes, Matthew
Keenan, Hassan Malik, Alec Davies, Gael Chouchelamane, Bahareh
Yazdani Damavandi, Richard King, Richard Cornwell, Geoff Pownall,
Nikolas Hill, Rob Parkinson

and of course, Darren Vaux, for showing great leadership to the members of ICOMIA and being the voice of the members who are national recreation marine industry associations as well as business that support the industry, 

See you all on the water soon. 

Nicky, The Boat Princess

Finding a pathway to Decarbonisation for the Recreational Marine Industry with Darren Vaux

This is a Part 1 of this episode, where I sat down with Darren Vaux, the President of ICOMIA, who have commissioned The Pathways to Decarbonisation for the Recreational Marine Industry report, with leading global engineering consulting firm, Ricardo plc,.

The report investigated propulsion technologies across nine common recreational watercrafts to compare the impact of lifetime GHG emissions, financial costs, usability, performance, range and infrastructure implications.

This is a special episode as Darren shares how 'for the first time, we've united the global recreational marine industry around our most comprehensive, peer-reviewed research to explore opportunities that could reduce recreational boats’ carbon emissions, giving us the data we need to begin educating policy makers, our stakeholder community, and boaters on the varied decarbonisation solutions unique to our industry. This new research provides guidance on the focus for the innovations we can begin exploring today to create a better boating experience that reduces our environmental footprint.

You can read the report here.

 I know you are going to find this a very interesting, informative and influential executive summary of the report, so stay in touch as Part 2 is not far away. 

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Lisa Blair Part 2: Stories of Survival and Adventure in the Southern Waters of the world.

Here it is, Part 2 of the incredibly courageous, committed and kind Lisa Blair interview, a world recording holder and solo sailor whose goal and legacy is made up of millions of micro decisions by inspired individuals. 

Check out episode 1 first to understand where this adventure began, because in this conversation Lisa shares the details of the moments where surviving may not have been the predictable outcome, where strategies of a seasoned sailor did not work and how the pressure of showing up as the version of success required by a woman in this space was salvaged and inspired by the wise words of her mum. 

From getting rolled by a 15 metre wave in a 10 metre boat, Lisa tapped into an unlimited resource of confidence and creativity.  She shares these stories on her blog that you can read here. 

You can follow her on socials. 

Or, you can contribute to the bigger purpose of being the individual that is part of the collective, who take action now.

Coincidently, Lisa is leaving Sydney Harbour this weekend for her next adventure in New Zealand  

A world record breaking individual's decision creates collective positive change for our climate crisis - Lisa Blair

So this is the first half of my interview with Lisa Blair.  Last night I was at the launch of her documentary that shares the reality of sailing solo around the Antarctic - Ice Maiden. 

Having seen Lisa at many boat shows, the opportunity to sit down and dive deep into her story was a podcast episode just waiting to happen.  These show notes cannot do Lisa's incredible journey any justice so you are going to have to listen, because what I can guarantee is PURE INSPIRATION.  

Lisa Blair is an Australian solo sailor who holds multiple world records. She is also a big and deep thinker, an advocate for climate change having put her heart and soul into her campaign, Climate Action Now 

You may have seen her attention-grabbing Post It Note racing yacht that has a collection of Post It Note' messages she has received from thousands of people who shared their individual micro-decisions that collectively create the collaborative and positive changes in caring for our environment.  

She has written a book, Facing Fear, about her first attempt at circumnavigating Antarctica solo on her yacht Climate Action Now.

The experience of being isolated in the ocean, the challenges of success and failure are all captured in this conversation. 

Stay tuned to the second half of this interview that will take you from six metre swells to calm waters and back again.

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Dynamic Super Yacht Designer Duo Dasha and Claire embed sustainability in products and training

In this episode I'm chatting with the Creative Director, Dasha Moranova who not only set out to revolutionise the superyacht spa experience, with invisible technologies to create an AI-driven wellness project dubbed Senses" but won a sustainability award for the design. 

With a love of travel and new challenges, she has collaborated with other designers and women in the boating industry to create sustainable, efficient changes to protect our oceans and seas. 

Clare Ferandier-sicard has evolved from wanting to solve the problems she would see and hear about from captains, crew and suppliers, including the impact of too much plastic on the environment.  She is the accidental entrepreneur, and now develops sustainable products and processes onboard the Super Yachts.

Clare is making a real and direct impact - reducing the impact - on the environment which aligns with her values and moral compass.  She also told me about her guilt and wanted to provide her staff with solutions so lives by the mantra of 'Not how to do better, but why people need to do people'.

Together they become a force of nature for a sustainable future.

https://www.dashamoranova.com/

https://acrew.com/partners/acrew/

 

The Magenta Project is the inlet for women into boating - with Meg Riley

Well guys if you are currently multi - tasking this is your warning you may become completed distracted and absorbed in this episode.    I recently sat down with Meg Reilly from the Magenta Project. An inspiring story, about a collective of  passionate people committed to developing pathways and generating opportunities for more equity and inclusion in sailing, leading with gender.

Meg shares how she and others work with a wide range of individuals and organisations to make a positive and progressive impact on the sport, from grassroots initiatives to partnerships with international events and leagues. 

Established by the sailors of the successful campaign of Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015, Meg shares the challenges and how the concept was embraced with early uptake of sponsors blind spot.

The sporting side of boating has similar goals and big dream like me, that include increased participation, and I loved hearing their strategies of how they are also striving to reach gender parity in  sport — equal pay and equal play.

Boating is not just for the rich and famous as I say every episode. And today I am spending time with the person and the front of helm who is carving up swell and paving the sandy pathways for more diversity and inclusion across the board.

TMP have just release a great article that shares their success. 

Breaking Waves and Barriers: Magenta Project Sailors Join the 12th Round Hainan Regatta 2023 All-female Team - The Magenta Project

 

You can find more information about Meg and the Home - The Magenta Project

If you would like to know more about the upcoming events for 2024, then jump over to my website and subscribe to the newsletter to receive your personal invitations when events are announced.   

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DSNM taking Super Yachts from A to B in the digital world of navigation

In this episode I chat with DSNM's Chief Operating Officer, Alicia Store, a woman in boating who started her journey with Sunseeker at the age of 20, before meeting her husband, Dave who was building his navigation for Super Yacht business.  16 years later they have grown DSNM Ltd to 25 staff and 524 clients. 

The key service offered is the one-to-one yacht management that helps to explain Alicia's passion for their business, how she develops a productive and committed workforce and implements time management with family - checking herself after 'Whatsapping on her way to giving birth to her son.' 

DSNM is a superyacht navigation management company getting them from A to B safely by providing navigation charts, books and equipment for superyachts. 

In response to the demand for digital platform planning management, DSNM has created the first of its kind software Compass, an online dashboard that combines all the charts and their corrections, licenses, weather and books in one place, that all the bridge crew can use.

Alicia shares the challenges her clients have and their needs when it comes to the safety of the crew, the boat and the owners experience, as well as those faced by the company during Brexit, Covid and now the war in Ukraine.

Looking forward to 2024, and hope to see you on the water soon. 

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• Check out Home - Freedom Boat Club
• or reach out to be featured on the podcast here. 

 

 

Top Tips for Boating 2023

Here are your tope 10 tips for boating!

As we are well and truly into our Australian summer, these pointers are a reminder of some things to consider whether you are out on the water for the day or a week.

1. The Weather

2. Check the water ways

3. Safety Equipment

4. Supplies + extra for emergency

5. Light Up

6. Be Alert to other Boaters

7. Mooring Etiquette

8. Slow Down your Speed and Wake Zones

9. Alcohol and Drug Consumption

10. Impact of the Blue Mind

I hope you enjoyed this episode and that it help you enjoy your next day out on the water.   Be Kind, Stay Safe and I'll see you on the water soon. 

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