Our Team

Anna Manach

Anna has spent the greatest part of her life on the water. She arrived in Australia at 21 after spending a few years sailing and working on dive boats around the world. At 22, she purchased her first yacht, a 43 foot ketch that she sailed extensively for many years. In 2003 Anna began her career as a yacht broker, interrupting herself for a few years to start a shipwright apprenticeship. After an accident that saw Anna unable to continue working as a shipwright she decided to complete a degree in business. Anna had always felt that the marine industry, especially the larger yacht brokerage, lacked warmth, people-skills and approachability. “I was told off quite a few times while working with big importers at boat shows…for spending too much time with what my colleagues referred to, with much contempt, as ‘dreamers’. For me the sea, boats, sailing is a passion. To reduce this passion to mere merchandising made me feel totally dispirited. Which is why I veered-off to the workbench instead.”

But the time has come now for Anna to bring all of her skills and experience together. ‘Working as a shipwright I learnt the pleasure of feeling proud of my work. I want Nautilus Yacht Management to bring me that same feeling. I want our customers have the best experience possible in choosing, buying and owning their own boat. Be that obtaining the assistance they need to look after it, or simply having a place to meet, learn, and share their stories, ask questions, inspire others, etc. I get such a kick at seeing others enjoy the same exultant feeling as I do each time I set out on my boat, whether it is to just for a twilight race, or to sail through the heads towards distant shores.

Brian Caldwell

If Nautilus Yacht Management was inclined to a bit of a show off then we would certainly have plenty to prance about being able to list Brian Caldwell as a delivery skipper for those who  really want nothing but the best. Brian has his own delivery company BJ Caldwell Yacht Delivery Service and we are very proud of the association. Here is a bit about BJ:

Youngest Solo Circumnavigator, 4 X Sydney Hobart Race, 3 X Mini Fastnet Race, 2 X TransPac Race, Cape Town – Rio de Janero Race, 40-transPacific yacht deliveries, delivery crew for Bruno Peyron’s “Commodore Explorer” & “Orange 2”. As well as over a hundred other international deliveries. You can contact BJ via email

Greg Gale

Greg has had a passion for all things yachting for as long as he can remember. Growing up in Canada, his fondest memories of his childhood were summer holidays spent boating with his family in Ontario. He purchased his first boat of his own as a teenager and together with his partner, Jennie, they gradually moved up in boat sizes, spending many summer holidays cruising together on the Great Lakes. Greg studied both business and architecture, then launched his business career, eventually owning and managing a Real Estate marketing firm. As that firm grew, so did his family, and in 2015, with their two young children, Greg and Jennie decided to pursue their longtime dream of sailing around the world and purchased a catamaran in Martinique. After a couple of years sailing in the Caribbean Islands, they transited the Panama Canal and crossed the Pacific Ocean via Galapagos, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Tonga and on to Fiji where they first met Anna. Greg and Anna connected immediately with a shared passion for boats, sailing and business. In 2019, Greg formally joined the Nautilus Yacht Management team as an International Broker and Consultant. Currently located in Malaysia and Thailand, Greg is helping to expand Nautilus’s reach to the Asia market and ability to assist the cruising community in buying and selling cruising yachts. After five years of full-time ocean voyaging, Greg has an extensive knowledge of yacht systems and handling and what really matters on a blue water cruising yacht. This, combined with a background in business, sales and marketing has been an ideal combination for joining the Nautilus Yacht Management team