About Mooloolaba Yacht Brokers
Mooloolaba Yacht Brokers was founded in 1984 and has operated from the same Marina based offices on Queensland's Sunshine Coast ever since. Located one hour North of Brisbane at the Mooloolaba Marina with the ocean only 500 metres away, MYB and the Parent Company, Racereach Pty Ltd is owned by ex Kiwi, Ian Douglas.
Mooloolaba Yacht Brokers is the Queensland Importer and distributor for Jeanneau Power and Sail, and the Australian and New Zealand Importer and distributor of Nautitech Catamarans, two French companies who are at the cutting edge of European yacht design and construction.
European Yachting Pty Ltd is also part of this group and operates from the same premises.
All in all, a very experienced team, ready and willing to assist in the planning, development and culmination of your boating requirements, be it in Sail or Power, Charter or Private Ownership, Australia or Europe, Catamaran or Monohull, New or Pre owned.
Our Team
Ian Douglas, Principal
Principal Ian Douglas has been around boats since the early seventies in Gisborne New Zealand, starting out like many Kiwi yachtsmen doing club and coastal races on a variety of yachts.
Moving to the UK in the late seventies, Ian joined Jaguar Yachts UK on their boat show sales team and after a particularly healthy order book following the London Boat Show, he was appointed Marketing Manager.
Ian and his wife Jenny later moved to Greece to manage a charter fleet of 40 yachts based in Corfu. Together they undertook some mediterranean cruising, before returning to New Zealand and then on to Australia in 1989, where Ian purchased Mooloolaba Yacht Brokers in 1994 and has owned and operated it since then.
Gary Dunshea
Gary worked as a Broker with Mooloolaba Yacht Brokers for several years until 2001 when he left to do a year or so in the Superyacht industry. This turned into about seven years, indispersed with attending the highly regarded Maritime College’s in Liverpool and Southampton to gain his qualifications as RYA commercial skipper to 24 metres and MCA Officer of the Watch Yachts to 3000 ton. He spent most of his time on the luxury Charter yacht Esmeralda ferrying guests around the South of France and other parts of the Med. He is also a qualified Coxswain and a New Zealand commercial launch master.
Gary's boating experience also includes a short stint on fishing boats both here and in New Zealand, a Tasman and Pacific crossing under sail and racing as foredeck hand on the 50ft inglis Race boat G Whizz.
He has owned two mono hulls and two catamarans sailing boats, one of which he built.
Now back in Australia with a wife and two young Sons, Gary is in the Brokers chair at MYB and ready and able to assist you with your boating requirements.
Lesley Dunshea
We are so committed to offering the best service to our clients, requirements for the Reception/Office Managers job was that He /She must have circumnavigated the world under sail, be fully trained as a Super yacht crew, worked in the Charter industry in the Mediterranean, be a first rate Barista, great with people and be fantastically organised.
Believe it or not, the first applicant had all the above plus more.
Many of our clients will have already met Lesley at the Sydney or Sanctuary Cove Boat Shows and for those who haven't; you are in for a treat.
Lesley will be most likely your first point of contact with Mooloolaba Yacht Brokers, in the office or on the Phone, Feel free to discuss your requirements with Lesley, she will know what you are talking about and will direct you accordingly.
Bill Kerr
Bill started sailing on Moreton Bay at age 6 on his Dad’s 23ft Van de Stat. As a teenager he raced Cherubs and divisional yachts on the bay. He has competed in 10 Brisbane to Gladstone yacht races, 6 Sydney to Mooloolaba/Southport’s as well as a couple of Sydney to Hobart’s in the eighties. With partner Rick Byerley, Bill won the inaugural Queensland Blazer Championships in 1984.
Aviation has occupied Bill for the last 25 years and during that time he rose through the ranks to become a heavy jet Captain for an international airline. During that time Bill keenly raced Laser and ISO dinghy’s as well as owning and cruising a Farr 1020 and subsequently a Farr 1220. For the past three years Bill has been a Sabot Dad, supporting and driving his son to regattas from Airlie Beach to Sydney.
With Bill’s long association with yachting as a competitor and owner he is well equipped to assist you with the purchase and enjoying a new Jeanneau.
Rick Byerley
Rick Byerley has been sailing since the age of twelve. After beginning in junior dinghy classes, Rick progressed into skiffs, one design and offshore yachts in both Australia and New Zealand. He has sailed in One Design State, National and World Championships and major Offshore events including Sydney-Hobart, Corum and Kenwood Cups.
Involved in sail manufacture for over thirty three years, Rick offers practical sailing knowledge to owners of both new and used Jeanneau yachts.