Trade-A-Boat – August 2019

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ON WATCH

with

TIM VAN DUYL

FEEDBACK
We get a bit of feedback that, although now
always glowing, is always enlightening. This last
month a reader emailed us to suggest we need to
tidy up the classified ads found in the back third
of the magazine, particularly the images which
are often misaligned or low-quality and to up our
the quality of the paper we print on. I’m pleased
to say both ideas were well received and although
you won’t see a change of paper this issue, we are
in talks to see what we can do about it. On the
classified pages, we are moving forward with a
new automated system that’s due to come online
this month, and should lessen the likelihood of
poor images making print.
The automated system comes on the back of
the refreshed tradeaboat.com.au website, a project
that has been a year in the making. Our goal was
simple; the execution, however, is difficult. Please
bear with us as we adjust and update the new
site. In the coming months, we will be updating
and republishing a number of archived editorial
features, some back to the late nineties when
Trade-a-Boat first launched a website.

With this update comes a new push for more

and better video content, an area we have not

pursued for over a year as we knuckled down

rebuilding the print magazine and more recently

the website. Stay tuned, it should be a fun ride

that gets you closer to the action we see when

testing local product.

A TIRED AMSA

Due to its bureaucratic handling of content

creators in the marine landscape, I have not

always been a fan of AMSA. I acknowledge the

rules they create are for a greater good but they

seemd archaic and stubborn in the way they

enforced rules which were open to interpretation,

I believe. But this month we came across a small

news item that I appreciate and think deserves

a look at, especially if you or someone you know

works in the commercial vessel industry.

AMSA is looking for first-hand information

on the workload and in particular, fatigue faced

by those on the decks and cabins of the boats

working our shores. The information will help

facilitate best-practice management guides for the

industry. You can find more online by searching

for ‘fatigue’ on the AMSA website.

MASTER-LEVEL THREE

This issue we welcome a new face to the

contributing fraternity of Trade-a-Boat in Gary

Jones of Jonez on Food, Sanctuary Cove. On

page 22 we have our regular feature supported by

Maritimo dubbed Maritimo Masterclass, a series

of work celebrating easy-to-prepare food and

drink you can enjoy on-board.

We started the series with Matt Hart of the

Sanctuary Cove InterContinental before two

issues with Kaitlyn Tremblay of G.H. Mumm.

Now with Gary, we have a third gastronomical

genius with his own distinctive flair. Over the

next eight issues, using Gary’s keenness for

sourcing local and seasonal produce, we will

showcase dishes that anyone reasonably familiar

with a chopping board and knife can handle, but

are sure to impress guests and family on board.

Safe travels,

Tim