The BOAT CATCHER
May 02, 2021
4 minutes
WORDS BY ZOE HAWKINS-WILDE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER AND SUPPLIED
I caught up with Sarah Barrell just as she was poised to take the helm of the Viaduct Harbour operation from Jo White, its manager for 17 years.
Of the three, Sarah is the only one managing both the marina and implementing operations on the ground. With a group of just three helpers she is doing office work, driving boats, overseeing comms, and ensuring that all arriving vessels are tied up securely – a partiuclarly epic job during the recent 36th America’s Cup.
Whether negotiating a marina project or at the helm of the marina RIB, she projects ‘a very safe pair of hands’ – and
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