Founder and Principal, Boyd has spent years living aboard sailing boats in his home state of Queensland, Australia and has also sailed Tahiti; Croatia; Thailand and Greece.
He holds a number of commercial and non-commercial marine tickets and has spent decades around, and on, boats of various sizes. His first stint on boats was scooting to school in a ‘tinny’ and then he left school to work on a prawn boat at the age of 15. Boyd has also worked in marinas and as a charter boat briefer.
After a successful corporate career in advertising, marketing and corporate strategy, in 2015, he was diagnosed with melanoma cancer and shortly after successful treatment, elected to take his life on a new and rewarding path – back to living aboard his 50’, steel, sailing ketch, “Morningside.”
Boyd currently spends his time between his hometown of The Whitsundays, in Queensland, Australia and Phuket, Thailand.
Learn to Live Aboard (LTLA) is a learning environment for those wanting to get in to, or who are new to, sailing and cruising aboard a boat. It’s also a great environment if you just want to know more about boating whether it be for the sake of it or for future bareboat chartering around the world.
Our primary aim at Learn to Live Aboard (LTLA) is to help you better understand the environment; learn and understand the theory and learn from those with experience and who support a safe and enjoyable transition to spending time on a boat.
