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In this series, Nicky shares her valuable insight and experiences about Boating and the Boating Lifestyle. 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 or have her video review a boat for you. 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 Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
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
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
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.
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.
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
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
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
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.
Looking to sponsor an episode: www.theboatprincess.com
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
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/
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
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.
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.
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
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.
- follow me on @theboatprincess (insta)
- Check out Home - Freedom Boat Club
- or reach out to be featured on the podcast here.
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Saturday Dec 16, 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.
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
Today Michelle Hildyard, shares how her love of boating from a young age led to a career and partner in the boating industry. With boats exploring all available electronic opportunities to make boating safer and sustainable.
Michelle and I discuss industry trends and the future of mapping, screens and sonar in boating. Hang out for that second half were she tells me how AI is helping boats get in and out of their berth.
Again I invite you to join the podcast as my guest, just send me an email info@theboatprincess.com or DM on insta @theboatprincess.com
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
In this conversation I chat with Melanie Symes, from Innova Marina, who brings twenty-five years’ of experience in the nautical industry, working at a local and international level to encourage collaborative and responsible practices.
Melanie is skilled in copywriting, translation, marketing, event organisation and CSR, and just happens to be the secretary general for TransEurope Marinas. Her commitment goes above and beyond to a number of related associations.
As we dive deep into this part of the marine world, Melanie shares how she helps to promote marine destinations and develop authentic brands that strengthen and support nautical culture.
Don't forget to follow me on socials and I'd love to have a virtual coffee with you!