Enjoy the musings of our resident blogger, THE SKIPPER, as he navigates through the ever-changing waters of the marine industry.

09 Dec 2011

THERE is no doubt about it. In terms of years notable for all the wrong reasons, 2011 was up there with the Ford Edsel, Leyland P76, Chrysler outboards and Bert Newton's toupees.

10 Nov 2011

I WENT for a purposeful, mission-specific sortie around the Coomera waterfront last weekend, ambling through the gates of the Gold Coast City Marina...

31 Oct 2011

IT goes without saying that the recent terminal demise of a veritable industry institution like Andrew Short Marine...

24 Oct 2011

IF I were to tell you that I had actually sighted, slunk up beside and touched a Dorado, a Marlin, a Narwhal and a Killer Whale...

18 Oct 2011

OUR industry, despite its myriad hiccups, dramas, soap operas and setbacks, is not the most unpleasant in which to earn a living.

11 Oct 2011

AS you all know by now, if it's a ranting, raving tirade of barbed, bellicose, belligerent, opinionated oratory you're after...

03 Oct 2011

I WAS recently talking to a mate who happened to mention that, due to the current trying economic times, he had decided to remove his bowrider from its drystack berth...

13 Sep 2011

AN eye-raising, thought-provoking paradox of the marine business internationally is that several of the industry's top names...

06 Sep 2011

ONE only has to glance briefly at newspaper automotive sections to see the reams of print being expended on electric cars and electro/petrol hybrids...

30 Aug 2011

THERE'S a first time for everything, dear reader, and this is one of them.