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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. 
 

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 
 
 

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 leadingglobal 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 AuthorsRicardo: Albert Zenié, Katie Lam, Rachel Jobson, Sam Hinton, NikosVasileiadis, Tim Scarbrough, Sofia Condes, Nick PowellICOMIA: Jeff Wasil
Report ContributorsRicardo: Richard Osborne, Philip Hopwood, John Hughes, MatthewKeenan, Hassan Malik, Alec Davies, Gael Chouchelamane, BaharehYazdani 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

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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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  

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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