About Us

Sea Turner was founded in 2023 by husband and wife team James & Nicole Turner. They had recently bought their dream 9 meter boat but the outboards meant storing a dinghy for getting their 2 young kids ashore was a struggle. After trials storing on the bow and roof that was awkward for one person to do solo,  they settled on an inflatable dinghy that lived on the back deck and inflated as needed but this added 30 minutes to every trip ashore.

After failing to find a better solution already on the market, James started coming up with ideas of how he would solve the problem and sketched out a set of arms that would lift the boat up and turn it upside down to store it on the roof. After a while of wishing someone would invent it, they decided to contact an engineer and create their own solution. 

What they came up with is now known as Sea Turner. 

The Team

Nicole Turner

Director

Spurred on by years of frustration born of boating with her young family and utilising her attention to detail honed from years of Event Management, Nicole has project managed Sea Turner from conception through to its debut.

James Turner 

Director

A commercially qualified skipper with 20 years of maritime search and rescue under his belt, James knows well the challenges of working in a maritime environment and is committed to creating a product that can stand up to the conditions. 

Dave Higgins

Mechanical Engineer
(Kinetic Simulation Ltd)

With a background in everything from motorsports to yachting and aerospace engineering, Dave was the perfect engineer to make the Sea Turner dream a functional reality.  

Mike Fraser

Fabricator & Engineer
(Pheonix Engineer 2013 Ltd.)

An endlessly skilled metalworker and engineer, Mike brings the designs to life as well as contributing extensive problem solving skills. 

Paul Psaila

Electrical Engineering Lead
(Storm Technology Ltd)

Utilising his extensive experience from a range of technical and corporate roles, Paul has overseen the development of the electrics system and the process of taking product from prototyping to production.