But it's not all work for the girls (and Stephen) as last night saw the Boats and Outboards client party, held in one of the city's swanky bars.Around 150 invited guests joined the team for some food, drinks and dancing (to our very own in-house DJ Gary Still's tunes). A very enjoyable evening was had by all, but we also managed to raise over £7000 for our nominated charity Sail 4 Cancer.
Our guest auctioneer for the evening was Mike Deedigan who kindly helped people feel guilty and dig deep for a very worthy cause.
Our guest auctioneer for the evening was Mike Deedigan who kindly helped people feel guilty and dig deep for a very worthy cause.
Some of the lots on offer included a signed Ellen McArthur sweatshirt (bought by Stephen Sumner) and a week's stay at a Spanish Villa (bought by Nicky Tucker).
In case you think that our Boats and Outboards team were keeping all of the prizes to themselves, other people were allowed to bid too!
The lot of the night was a brand new jet ski worth £7,000 which was won by Nicky's partner...to say she was quite pleased is probably an understatement!
Before the party started I had spent most of the day at the show taking photos of boats and also playing my own boat show game of "find the most expensive boat and blag a tour around". My previous record had been at this year's London Boat Show where I experienced first hand the Sunseeker 37 M4, which weighed in with a hefty £10 million price tag. This time the M4 was back, but the one here was now £11 million!
Some feel it is completely ostentatious, but personally I know where my Lottery winnings are going...release those balls!
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