More Women at Sea
Encouraging More Women at Sea
On International Women’s Day 2019, we announced our new campaign #MoreWomenAtSea to encourage more women to sail and support getting their voices heard. On this page you can find stories from professional sailors and amateurs, as they share their stories as Women at Sea.
Sister’s are Doing it for Themselves
Sister's are Doing it for Themselves We are very happy to have an interview with Amber Champion, the Sister of Kylie Champion who we recently interviewed for our Dream Yacht Charter #More Women at Sea Campaign. These Sister’s are really doing it for themselves,...
Anna Mourou’s Top 3 Sailing Destinations
Anna Mourou's Top Three Sailing Destinations If you’re planning on going on a sailing holiday this year, you may be looking for inspiration. To help, I’ve shared my absolute favourite sailing destinations with you. Sailing can be so many different things, from a...
Sarah Ell Writes About International Women’s Day
In Honour of International Women's Day, Sarah Ell Writes About Inspirational Women Sailor's for Dream Yacht Charter's #MoreWomenAtSea Campaign In January 1990, a crew of female sailors arrived to huge fanfare in my home town of Auckland, New Zealand. The crew of...
Writer and Sailor Sarah Ell Shares Her Personal Story with Dream Yacht Charter for #MoreWomenAtSea
Writer and Sailor Sarah Ell Shares her personal story with dream yacht charter for #Morewomenatsea Sarah Ell is an Auckland-based writer and sailor who has been covering the New Zealand yachting scene since the late 1980s. A committed racer, she’s also become a keen...
Kylie Champion Shares Her Experience as a Business Woman in the Marine Industry in the Whitsundays
Kylie CHAMPION SHARES HER EXPERIENCE AS A BUSINESS WOMAN IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY IN THE WHITSUNDAYS How did I become involved in the Marine industry? My Dad being an avid sailor, had my sister and I racing dinghies on the Great lakes of Ontario from a young age. He...
Meet our Respected Skipper, Suzy Acevedo
Meet our Respected Skipper Suzy Acevedo We catch up with Captain Suzy Acevedo, who joined us in 2017. She’s looked after our base in Puerto Rico and now works as a skipper who has become quite popular with our customers. As part of our #MoreWomenAtSea series, we...
How Sailing’s Man Overboard Strategy can Help Your Life
How Sailing's Man Overboard Strategy can Help Your Life Evgenia Romanenko, Director of Dream Yacht Charter Russia and ambassador #MoreWomenAtSea in Russia, shared with us her sailing experience and how sailing practice can help your life onshore too... I have been...
The Sailing Adventures of Christine Buttigieg: DYC Yacht Broker
The Sailing Adventures of Christine Buttigieg: DYC Yacht Broker Christine Buttigieg is a yacht broker with Dream Yacht Charter based in Fort Lauderdale, but more than that, she is a life-long sailor. As part of our #MoreWomenatSea series, Christine shared with us how...
Lisa Blair Sailing Solo Around Antarctica
Lisa Blair’s guide to dealing with a crisis when sailing solo around Antarctica Australian sailor and world record holder, Lisa Blair has an inspiring, unbreakable spirit even when she loses her mast and is then crushed by a containership in high seas, a thousand...
A Day in the Life of a BVI Skipper
A Day in the Life if a BVI Skipper for Dream Yacht Charter Lisa Rolland is one of our professional skippers and is based at Scrub Island Resort & Spa in the British Virgin Islands. As part of our #MoreWomenatSea series, Lisa told us how she got into sailing, her...
Meet Offshore Sailor Liz Wardley
Volvo Ocean Race Competitor Liz Wardley Shares Her Passion for Offshore Sailing Liz Wardley is an offshore sailor, three times Volvo Ocean Race competitor, motivational and public speaker, personal trainer, boat re-fitter and an ocean ambassador who SUPs, surfs and...
Meet Seasoned Offshore Sailor and Activist Stacey Jackson
We were lucky enough to be able to chat about competitive sailing with Stacey Jackson, a two-time Volvo Ocean Race competitor and one of just 19 women to achieve more than 10 Sydney Hobart Yacht Races. You got into sailing when you were seven years old and started...
