Carolyn Aronson
The owner of She’s A 10 and the successful businesswoman behind haircare line It’s A 10 entered yachting as a total novice. Now, she’s looking to swap her speedy 50-metre Oceanfast for something even larger, she tells Charlotte Hogarth-Jones
“I think I definitely surprised a lot of people,” says Carolyn Aronson, owner of the 50-metre Jon Bannenberg designed Oceanfast She’s A 10 (formerly known as Mystique), and founder of It’s A 10 Haircare. Having never chartered, or “even been around anyone that had yachts on this level before”, Aronson “dove head first” into yacht ownership six years ago.
“I probably broke all the rules along the way,” she laughs. “When I moved to Harbor Beach [in Fort Lauderdale] I really wanted to own a yacht, and I wanted something that would fit in the back of my yard that was 80ft, 100ft long… I never expected to end up with a 50 metre, but it was a case of go big or go home. My friends and family couldn’t wait to get on board, but I’m sure what they really thought was, ‘What the
