Mike and Elle’s Hanse 345 Syndicate Boat Share

When Mike Weeden and his family decided to buy a boat they thought they knew exactly what they wanted.

“I was fairly new to boating, but I knew enough to take my family on a bareboat charter yacht holiday in the Whitsundays, which we all enjoyed immensely,” says Mike.

Why Not Share a Share?

For Brendan Green and his wife Jill, owning 100% of a boat did not equate to a whole lot of fun. In fact, it was the exact opposite. “Any pleasure we received from our time out on the boat was counterbalanced by the amount of maintenance our boat required. If we were taking friends out on our boat for the day, I’d have to turn up a couple of hours beforehand to get everything ready…

Clontarf to the Sydney Fish Markets in under 20 minutes?

When Martin Lyall from SMART Boating told Nicola and Cathy from his digital marketing team that the Aquila 36 could get to the Sydney Fish Markets in under 20 minutes they decided they really had to road test the Aquila for themselves.
And what better way than do it than by taking their family and friends for a quick trip on the Aquila to the Sydney Fish Markets, with a swim at Manly thrown in and a delicious lunch to boot?
Here’s how their morning went…